
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Cast

Robert Donat
Richard Hannay

Madeleine Carroll
Pamela

Lucie Mannheim
Annabella Smith

Godfrey Tearle
Professor Jordan

Peggy Ashcroft
The Crofter's Wife Margaret

John Laurie
John the Crofter

Helen Haye
Louisa Jordan

Frank Cellier
Sheriff Watson

Wylie Watson
Mr. Memory

Gus McNaughton
Salesman on the Flying Scotsman

Jerry Verno
Salesman on the Flying Scotsman

Peggy Simpson
The Jordans' Maid

Matthew Boulton
Fake Police Officer (uncredited)
Pat Hagate
M.C. Who Introduces Mr. Memory (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
Carleton Hobbs
Fake Police Officer (uncredited)

Elizabeth Inglis
Professor Jordan's Daughter Pat (uncredited)
Quinton McPherson
Clergyman on the Flying Scotsman (uncredited)

Frederick Piper
The Milkman (uncredited)

Hilda Trevelyan
The Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)

Ivor Barnard
Political Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco
Palladium Doorman (uncredited)

Vida Hope
Usherette (uncredited)
James Knight
Detective at London Palladium (uncredited)

Miles Malleson
Palladium Manager (uncredited)
John Rae
Audience Member at Political Meeting (uncredited)

John Turnbull
Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)

S. J. Warmington
Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Charles Bennett
Second Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)
Noel Birkin
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Hubert Renard
Second Violinist (uncredited)
Crew

Alfred Hitchcock
Director

Charles Bennett
Adaptation
John Buchan
Novel
Derek N. Twist
Editor
Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography
Pen Tennyson
Assistant Director

Michael Balcon
Producer
Ivor Montagu
Associate Producer
Reg Johnson
Assistant Camera
Joe Strassner
Costume Designer
Marianne
Wardrobe Designer
Bob Clark
Makeup Artist
Albert Whitlock
Scenic Artist
Peter Birch
Sound Recordist
Jack Whitehead
Special Effects
Jack Beaver
Original Music Composer
Louis Levy
Original Music Composer, Music Director, Conductor
Ian Hay
Dialogue

Alma Reville
Script Supervisor, Continuity
Peter Sargent
Clapper Loader
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Art Direction
Albert Jullion
Art Direction
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