Film · Gaumont · 1935
Pass it on
The 39 Steps
48Watch it awake.
The running is fun, and there is a real threat under the game.
The review
File this with the chases, not with the war pictures. A man in a music hall picks up a spy's secret and spends the film running, handcuffed for a stretch to a woman who does not believe him. Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll. Hitchcock. A British hit that traveled, and not Mutiny's gross. A missing finger is the clue.
A house can watch it. The chase is the pleasure, and I felt that, and it is still a game with a real threat under it. She does not believe him for a stretch, which kept the night from being only fun. I would tell the kids the running is the good time and the secret is why someone is actually in danger.
Journal
Keep The 39 Steps in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 48. Yours can differ.
The glance
Household and Piety and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Parasite
61 instead of 48
Parasite is still a thriller film, and it scores 61 instead of 48. What you gain is household: Two families, both real.
The eight
- 5Industry
A spy's secret is the job that puts him on the run.
- 3Household
He is handcuffed to a woman, and that is not a marriage.
- 4Piety
She does not believe him, so trust is not given free.
- 7Courage
He keeps running with a secret he could have dropped.
- 5Republic
There is a real threat, and the film is still not a war story.
- 4Temperance
The chase is the pleasure, and the picture trains you to want it.
- 6Truth
She doubts him, and a missing finger is the clue that matters.
- 4Stewardship
A traveling hit is left: a game, with a threat underneath.
Where to watch
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