# The 39 Steps (1935)

> A worldly visitor becomes a hunted fugitive after a murder and races across Britain to expose the espionage network behind it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/220

## Facts

- Runtime: 86 min
- Genres: Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, propulsive, eerie, classic cinema night, hitchcock marathon

## Synopsis

A man on the run must unravel a deadly conspiracy to prove his innocence.

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- [Young and Innocent (1937)](https://ember.film/movie/1835)
- [North by Northwest (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/174)
- [Sabotage (1936)](https://ember.film/movie/7303)
- [Saboteur (1942)](https://ember.film/movie/20072)
- [The Lady Vanishes (1938)](https://ember.film/movie/782)
- [Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)](https://ember.film/movie/16270)
- [Number Seventeen (1932)](https://ember.film/movie/8929)
- [Secret Agent (1936)](https://ember.film/movie/1834)

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