• Excellent picture quality
• Excellent sound quality
• Informative special features
Cons
• None! Hitchcock’s classic film is superbly realized on this DVD
The Bottom Line -
One of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock films is "The 39 Steps." I thoroughly enjoyed watching the restored version of this great movie on the Criterion Collection DVD. The film looked and sounded terrific, and the DVD contains some nice special features, too.
Product Description
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Criterion Collection DVD of Hitchcock’s 1935 film "The 39 Steps"
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Stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll
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DVD's special features include documentary: "The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock"
Reviewed by Ivana Redwine
"The 39 Steps" DVD
Hitchcock directed many memorable movies, but one of his most charming remains "The 39 Steps." The film opens at a London music hall, where we meet a man in the audience named Richard Hannay. There Hannay encounters a mysterious and attractive woman, and she goes back to his rented flat with him. Over supper, the woman tells Hannay she must soon get to Scotland to prevent some vital state secrets from falling into the wrong hands, but during the night she is murdered. Hannay travels to Scotland to figure out what’s going on, and during his journey he learns that the police have identified him as the prime suspect in the murder. He also meets a good-looking icy blonde named Pamela, and she reluctantly becomes his traveling companion. The film follows Hannay as he goes through a series of dangerous adventures, and at the same time it shows the development of his romantic relationship with Pamela.
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