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5.0
All of this combines to make The 39 Steps not simply a strong representation of the Hitchcock oeuvre (although it definitely is), but a timeless maste ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
Its melodrama and at times far fetched and improbable, but the story twists and spins artfully from one high powered sequence to another while the ent ..
Variety
4.0
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5.0
September 14, 1935 Alfred Hitchcocks New Picture, The Thirty nine Steps By ANDRE SENNWALD If you can imagine Anatole France writing a detective story ..
The New York Times
5.0
The 39 Steps (1935) was directed by Alfred Hitchcock; starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, John Laurie, Peggy Ashcroft, Godfrey Tearle.
Telegraph
5.0
Its also the quintessential nouvelle vague film, a blatantly cinephilic combination of vivacious vogueing and soulful sentimentality.
Village Voice
5.0
The 39 Steps (1935) 4 Stars (out of 4) Tweet Stepping Up By Jeffrey M. Anderson The 39 Steps was Alfred Hitchcocks first major movie.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock The Pleasure Garden The Mountain Eagle The Lodger The Ring Downhill The Farmers Wife Easy Virtue Champagne The Manxman B ..
Reel Film Reviews
5.0
An action movie with style and substance, Hitchcocks re released The 39 Steps is a masterclass in propulsive narrative cinema that even todays so call ..
The Times
5.0
Review Our Score by Andrew Collins Alfred Hitchcock brings John Buchans novel to the screen with characteristic wit and verve, a style he forged in 19 ..
Radio Times
5.0
Its almost cleansing to see a film like this which doesnt insult your intelligence.
Internet Reviews
5.0
I ran Alfred Hitchcocks The 39 Steps (1935) for my co critic Justin Souther last weekand to refresh my memory of it (well, its a good excuse)and disco ..
Mountain X
3.0
by One of Hitchcocks early and most entertaining films, The 39 Steps holds up extremely well as a new kind of espionage thriller, laced with a healthy ..
Emanuellevy
4.4
In the decade between 1925 and 1935, Alfred Hitchcock directed more than 20 films, yet it was The 39 Steps, which followed his breakthrough hit The Ma ..
Q Network
5.0
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Total Film
5.0
by Walter Chaw Following the success of 1934s The Man Who Knew Too Much, Alfred Hitchcock and his once inseparable screenwriter Charles Bennett took t ..
Film Freak Central
5.0
This is one of the best films of its genre and it richly displays Hitchcocks complete and playful mastery of the language of filmmaking.
Movies Tv Guide
4.5
A noteworthy example of Hitchcocks early thrillers, riddled with plotting, backstabbing, clever twists, and the big reveal of the meaning behind the t ..
2.0
Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo/ Psycho/The Birds) lives up to his rep as The Master of Suspense for this implausible by highly entertaining comedy thriller ..
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
The 39 Steps transcends the time period: part Bond movie, part comedic caper, and anchored by a performance that feels Ryan Goslingian, its a black an ..
Polygon
3.8
The 1935 film The 39 Steps is the first movie that should have earned director Alfred Hitchcock the title Master of Suspense.
Scene Stealers
4.5
With its great turns by Donat, Carroll (the original Hitchcock blonde) and all the cast, and immaculate direction of a cracking script, this is timele ..
Film 4
4.5
As an artist, Alfred Hitchcock surpassed this early achievement many times in his career, but for sheer entertainment value it still stands in the for ..
Chicago Reader
5.0
The 39 Steps Review Summary: A small girl commented afterwards that it was better than The Lady Vanishes.
Future Movies
4.5
tells the story clearly and convincingly and the wildly melodramatic moments are in part offset by such well observed sequences as the Scottish politi ..
OutWeek
4.5
The 39 Steps is as polite as Geneva and as wicked as a dozen G men pictures in one.
Maclean's Magazine
4.5
At its most breathtaking when both Hitchcock and his characters fully embrace the surreality of the story
Movie Metropolis
4.5
Background The 39 Steps (1935) is one of the earlier Alfred Hitchcock British spy chase suspense thrillers from a vintage period, his 18th film.
Film Site
4.5
The Thirty Nine Steps neatly converts its essential implausihility into an asset by stressing the difficulties which confront its hero when he tries t ..
Content Time
4.0
Few filmmakers have created a visual language the way Hitchcock did, and it permeated cinematic storytelling for future generations.
Boulder Weekly
5.0
Volume 2, No.17, June 1935, page 72 An exciting film of espionage in London and Scotland very freely adapted, with complete success, from John Buchans ..
Screen Online Org Uk
1.5
The newest Gaumont British importation, The 39 Steps, should prove pretty conclusively that Alfred Hitchcock is the finest native director in England.
Vanity Fair
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