A breakneck espionage thriller that demonstrates the sure hand and mastery of suspense that would earn director Alfred Hitchcock his AFI Life Achievement Award, THE 39 STEPS (1935) follows a hapless everyman played by Robert Donat as he uncovers a secret spy cabal – led by a mysterious figure said to be missing the top joint of his little finger.
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