- In praise of: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’… Recently, in between all the football and 12 hour tennis marathons, I managed to fit in another viewing of Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of John Buchan’s novel The 39 Steps. This story has been adapted many times with differing results, but Hitch’s version is far and away the best. Made in 1935 the film has […]