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The Late Film: The Thirty-Nine Steps

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Robert Donat , Madeleine Carroll
Hitchcock's 1935 version of Buchan's classic adventure story remains one of the most popular British films by the acknowledged master of suspense and mystery.
Richard Hannay , pursued by the police and an international spy ring, eventually finds himself fleeing across the Scottish moors - handcuffed to a beautiful blonde!
Screenplay by ALMA REVILLE and CHARLES BENNETT based on the novel by JOHN BUCHAN Produced by MICHAEL BALCON Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Films: page 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Donat
Unknown:
Madeleine Carroll
Unknown:
Richard Hannay
Play By:
Alma Reville
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Novel By:
John Buchan
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Alfred Hitchcock
Hannay:
Robert Donat
Pamela:
Madeleine Carroll
Miss Smith:
Lucie Mannheim
Professor Jordan:
Godfrey Tearle
Crofter's wife ,:
Peggy Ashcroft
Crofter:
John Laurie
Mrs Jordan:
Helen Haye
Sheriff:
Frank Cellier
Memory:
Wylie Watson
Commercial traveller:
Gus McNaughton
Commercial traveller:
Jerry Verno
Maid:
Peggy Simpson
Source: Radio Times

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