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Actors: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The 39 Steps (1935) |
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THE 39 STEPS is a british production directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935.
Lucie Mannheim is stabbed to death at Robert Donat's home after having revealed to him that a mysterious organization is stealing important state secrets. Donat, accused of Lucie's murder, goes to Scotland in order to find John Laurie, the man who could prove him innocent. But the police and the members of the 39 steps are right behind Donat. One of Hitchcock's english masterpieces.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The 39 Steps (1935) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Canadian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Prairie?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Is this movie based on a
- book
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