The 39 Steps

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British film black-and-white film film thriller film

The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.

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Label	Occurrences
The 39 Steps canonical	22
The 39 Steps (1935 film)	3
The Thirty-Nine Steps	2
The 39 Steps (1935 film character adaptation)	1
The 39 Steps (1959 film)	1
The 39 Steps (stage production)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
basedOn	The 39 Steps self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Thirty-Nine Steps novel by John Buchan ⓘ
castMember	Godfrey Tearle ⓘ John Laurie ⓘ Lucie Mannheim ⓘ Madeleine Carroll ⓘ Peggy Ashcroft ⓘ Robert Donat ⓘ
cinematographer	Bernard Knowles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributor	Gaumont-British Picture Corporation ⓘ surface form: Gaumont British Distributors
editor	Derek N. Twist ⓘ
famousFor	blend of suspense and humor ⓘ wrong man chase narrative ⓘ
filmFormat	35 mm ⓘ
genre	adventure film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ romantic thriller ⓘ spy film ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasColorProcess	black and white ⓘ
hasSetting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Scottish Highlands ⓘ
hasSubject	espionage ⓘ fugitive from justice ⓘ
influenced	later spy thrillers ⓘ
influencedBy	John Buchan’s adventure fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Richard Hannay ⓘ
musicBy	Louis Levy ⓘ
narrativeDevice	MacGuffin plot device ⓘ surface form: MacGuffin
narrativeTheme	man on the run ⓘ wrong man ⓘ
notableScene	Forth Bridge sequence ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Alfred Hitchcock filmography ⓘ
producer	Sir Michael Balcon ⓘ surface form: Michael Balcon
productionCompany	Gaumont-British Picture Corporation ⓘ surface form: Gaumont British Picture Corporation
protagonistPortrayedBy	Robert Donat ⓘ
publicationDate	1935 ⓘ
releaseYear	1935 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	86 ⓘ
screenwriter	Charles Bennett ⓘ Ian Hay ⓘ
setInPeriod	pre-World War II era ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Thirty-Nine Steps

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Charles Bennett → notableWork → The 39 Steps ⓘ

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Curt Courant → notableWork → The 39 Steps ⓘ

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John Laurie → notableWork → The 39 Steps ⓘ

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Lucie Mannheim → notableWork → The 39 Steps ⓘ

Godfrey Tearle → notableWork → The 39 Steps ⓘ