39 Steps, The: Essential Art House (1935) Rating: Starring: Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft, Madeleine Carroll, Helen Haye, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, John Laurie, Wylie Watson, Frank Cellier Director: Alfred Hitchcock Category: Foreign, Classics, Suspense / Thriller Studio: Janus Films Subtitles: Length: 90 mins     Alfred Hitchcock's prototypical "wrong man" adventure, the dazzling The 39 Steps is considered the British director's true commercial and artistic breakthrough. Presaging such tense against-the-odds thrillers as The Man Who Knew Too Much and North by Northwest, it follows the exciting exploits of Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), a dapper everyman who ends up on the run after his identity is mistaken for that of a murderer.