A heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors—a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued—as well as into an unexpected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. With Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle. Today is a good day because Benedict Cumberbatch has secured another paycheck. Richard Hannay finds himself framed for a murder he didn't commit. The 39 Steps is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg . Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! 39 Steps, The (BBC/2008/DVD) BBC’s new adaptation of John Buchan’s thriller is the best ever! The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure spy novel by John Buchan written in 1914. The 39 Steps: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry (37) Productions (317) Mystery/Thriller | 40 - 50 minutes 2 f, 3 m (2-20 actors possible: 1-5 f, 1-15 m) Set: Suggestive of a 1940s radio station. With Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones. The 39 Steps has all the elements of a classic Hitchcock film: subtle clues, suspenseful twists and turns, unexpected moments of humor, and steady surprise in the unexpected. Told from the first-person point of view, it relates the adventure of "ordinary fellow" Richard Hannay, who is thrust into a plot involving the theft of crucial military intelligence by German anarchists. Now he has to break a ruthless German espionage network to prove his innocence and, more importantly and patriotically, warn the admiralty that its plans have fallen to the enemy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. The Thirty-Nine Steps is an organization of spies, collecting information on behalf of the foreign office of... Before he can speak the name of the country, Mr. Memory is silenced with a gun shot that rings out from Professor Jordan's box above the stage. Considered his first real masterpiece, it is both a crowd-pleasing box-office success and an extremely influential film that brought the famed director attention from US audiences. Produced by Betty Box , it is a remake of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film , loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan . A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel. The 39 Steps (1935) is one of the earlier Alfred Hitchcock British spy-chase suspense-thrillers from a vintage period, his 18th film. The Sherlock actor is slated to star in a limited series, The 39 Steps, inspired by John Buchan’s novel of the s… But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is … The 39 Steps Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way!