The 39 Steps
Studio: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Charles Bennett, Alma Reville, John Hay Beith
Producer: Michael Balcon
The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets.
Trivia
- Based on The Thirty-nine Steps (novel by John Buchan).
Filming Locations
- Edinburgh
Previous Showings
17 Runs • 13 Festivals
28,752 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (September 4, 1935)
Original Run: September 4, 1935 (Wednesday)
All runs on record (17):
- September 4, 1935 (Wednesday)Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll
- January 22 - 23, 1990 · 705 ticketsw/ The Lady Vanishes
- June 4 - 8, 1993 · 3,160 ticketsw/ Sabotage
- February 5 - 10, 2000 · 4,826 ticketsHitchcock 2000w/ The Man Who Knew Too Much
- July 31 - August 1, 2003 · 1,185 ticketsSummer 2003w/ Young and Innocent
- April 1 - 3, 2005 · 1,660 ticketsw/ To Catch a Thief
- February 1 - 4, 2008 · 2,824 ticketsHITCHCOCK: Ten Weeks of the films of the Master of Suspensew/ Secret Agent
- September 8 - 10, 2009 · 652 ticketsHITCHCOCKw/ Secret Agent
- August 27 - September 2, 2011 · 2,289 ticketsSummer 2011w/ The Lady Vanishes
- February 7 - 10, 2013 · 1,925 ticketsHitchcock 2013w/ The Lady Vanishes
- February 26 - March 1, 2015 · 2,550 ticketsHitchcock 2015w/ North by Northwest
- March 17 - 20, 2016 · 1,546 ticketsHitchcock 2016w/ Foreign Correspondent
- April 27 - 29, 2018 · 1,292 ticketsHitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense plus, Frankenstein at 200w/ Foreign Correspondent
- March 27 - 28, 2019 · 505 ticketsHitchcock, Master of Suspensew/ Secret Agent
- April 20 - 21, 2024 · 1,050 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ The Lady Vanishes
- June 18 - 19, 2025 · 636 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ The Lady Vanishes
- April 17 - 19, 2026 · 1,947 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ North by Northwest