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Uniform title:
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39 steps (Motion picture : 1935)
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Title:
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The 39 steps [videorecording (DVD)] / a Gaumont-British picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Variant title:
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Title on disc label and container: Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 steps
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Portion of title:
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Thirty-nine steps
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Publication info:
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[United States] : Criterion Collection/Janus Films, c1999.
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Physical descrip:
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Series:
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 56.
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General Note:
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Originally issued as a motion picture in 1935.
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General Note:
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Adapted from the novel by John Buchan.
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General Note:
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Special features: audio commentary by Marian Keane, 1937 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation with Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino, original 1935 press book, documentary film The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock, detailing the director's British period, and original production drawings.
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Credits:
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Photography, Bernary Knowles.
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Cast:
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Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft.
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Summary:
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In 1914 with Europe on the brink of war, a young engineer from South Africa is involved in international intrigue by a British secret agent with information on a Prussian plot for assassination. When the agent is killed and his notes entrusted to the engineer, he is pursued across Britain and Scotland by the Prussians and the police who think he killed the agent. Its left to him to decipher the meaning of the thirty nine steps.
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Technical details:
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DVD; Dolby digital mono.
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Language:
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English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
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Held by:
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ALGONQUIN DESPLAINES DUNDEE ELA GLENCOE HUNTLEY LAKE_VILLA NILES NORTHBROOK PARK_RIDGE ROUND_LAKE WILMETTE WINNETKA NORTHFIELD ZIONBENTON CRYSTALAKE EPLMAIN GLENVIEW
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Subject term:
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Detective and mystery films.
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Genre index term:
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Feature films.
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Genre index term:
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Genre index term:
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Mystery films.
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Added author:
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Added author:
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Donat, Robert, 1905-1958.
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Added author:
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Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987
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Added author:
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Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953.
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Added author:
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Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame.
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Added author:
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Buchan, John, 1875-1940. Thirty-nine steps.
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Added author:
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Gaumont British Picture Corp.
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Added author:
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added author:
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Janus Films.
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Alt. series title:
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(Criterion collection ; 56)
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Control Number:
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ocm43896147
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ISBN:
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0780021967 : $35.99
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