
"See how far the truth gets you." In this episode of Why This Film?, I'm joined by, film scholar, Sid Gottlieb to explore The 39 Steps, Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 masterpiece thriller and a Criterion Collection essential, the film where Hitchcock became definitively Hitchcock. The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), an ordinary Canadian accused of murder he didn't commit. Fleeing across the Scottish Highlands, he's handcuffed to Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), a woman who doesn't believe...
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Deep Cover (1992, Bill Duke) with Michael B. Gillespie - Criterion Collection Spine #1086

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Birth (2004, Jonathan Glazer) with Carlos Aguilar - Criterion Collection Spine #1298
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