The 39 Steps is a British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. There have been four major film versions of the book, with Hitchcock's original having been the most acclaimed.
In recent years in common with some of his contemporaries, Buchan's reputation has been tarnished by the anti-semitism and racism perceived in some passages from his novels, such as the opening chapter of The Thirty-Nine Steps. The view in The Thirty-Nine Steps that "the Jews are behind it all" is explicitly stated by the minor character Scudder.
This film is available online as a free download.
