Saturday Night Cinema
The 39 Steps
Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are terrific. The 39 Steps is the first in a line of Hitchcock films based upon the idea of an innocent man on the run, including Saboteur (1942) and North by Northwest (1959). Can you find Hitch's cameo? :)









Can you find Hitch's cameo?
Why do I have a bad feeling I'm going to be up at two in the morning looking for it.
Posted by: lowandslow | Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 07:57 PM
OT: Archbishop of Canterbury (who is not a Catholic) tells British Muslims US worse imperialists than Britain ever was.
what a butt-munch
Posted by: Ed Mahmoud | Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 01:54 AM
Okay, Hitchcock appears late in the opening scene just as Robert Donat has left the theater with the strange woman and both are walking towards a bus. Just before Donat steps on the bus, Hitchcock appears (dressed in a heavy overcoat)walking from left to right just in front of Donat. You see Hitchcock's right profile for all of about 2 seconds.
Posted by: Carolyn says | Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 04:47 AM
Probably my favorite Hitchcock movie.
Posted by: Jeremiah | Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 07:59 AM
There is a second cameo at the end. Hitchcock is the theater manager and he attempts to calm down the crowd - a speaking part! Both cameos are notable because they show Hitchcock before he really went bald.
chsw
Posted by: chsw | Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 05:27 PM