| Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 56 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 56.
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| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital mono, new transfer with restored image and sound, Region 1 encoding. |
| Cast |
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier, Wylie Watson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Bernard Knowles ; art directors, Albert Jullion, O. Werndorff ; editor, D.N. Twist ; original music, Jack Beaver ; costume designer, J. Strassner. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. |
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Based on novel by John Buchan. |
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Special features: audio commentary by Hitchcock scholar Marian Keene; the complete 1937 broadcast of the "Lux Radio Theatre" adaptation, performed by Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino; "The art of film: Vintage Hitchcock"; a Janus Films documentary detailing the director's British period; excerpts from the 1935 press book; original productin design drawings. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Follows the excapades of Richard Hanney, who stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors. |
| Subject |
Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Intelligence service -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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| Added Author |
Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995.
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Hay, Ian.
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Donat, Robert, 1905-1958.
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Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987.
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Mannheim, Lucie, 1895-1976.
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Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953.
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Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991.
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Laurie, John, 1897-1980.
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Haye, Helen, 1874-1957.
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Cellier, Frank, 1884-1948.
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Watson, Wylie.
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Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975.
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Jullion, Albert.
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Werndorff, O., 1886-1938.
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Twist, Derek N., 1905-1979.
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Beaver, Jack.
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Strassner, Joe.
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Buchan, John, 1875-1940.
39 steps.
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Gaumont British Picture Corp.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Thirty-nine steps |
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39 steps (Motion picture : 1935)
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| ISBN |
0780021967 |
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9780780021969 |
| Standard No. |
037429135228 |
| Music No. |
THI120 Criterion Collection |
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