Shots ring out in a London Vaudevillian theater, an attempt
to create a distraction by a female agent who finds herself in the flat of one
the show’s attendees (Robert Donat). Now, he is thrust into the serpentine plot
that takes him to the Scottish Mores where he is both pursuing and pursued by
the deadly, clandestine eponymous spy ring. Slyly conceived and brilliantly realized,
The 39 Steps is a supreme
entertainment that anticipated not just some of Alfred Hitchcock's future work
but also inspired many successful, subsequent thrillers.
