The 39 Steps

The original version of the classic thriller, starring legendary British heart-throb Robert Donat, was a highlight of Hitchcock’s career.

While sitting in a London theatre watching a man perform dazzling memory tricks, Richard Hannay and the rest of the audience flee after hearing a gunshot. Making his way to the exit, Hannay encounters a young woman who asks if she may come along with him.

Fascinated by her apparent terror he agrees. During the night, however, she is murdered in his flat forcing Hannay to become involved in a search for a master spy trying to obtain British Defence secrets – and avoiding the police long enough to find the real killers and clear his name.