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Title: the beginnings of a modern master
Review: This is early Hitchcock while still in Britain and in particular, `The 39 Steps' is an indication that Hitch even with low British budgets was unstoppable as a master of suspense and innovativeness and he did it by using simple means. There are so many well-developed sequences, that might go unnoticed but they stick to the brain. Watch for the scene when our hero hides behind a bridge pillar as a train goes past him; the camera's movement and the set-up is pure modernism.This is a beautiful transfer.
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