Hitchcock once said that "Mr. Memory" is his favorite character For one, the character is based on a real person named Dattas, who himself saw his performance as a child in London.
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thirty-nine steps
Duncan 2022-03-25 09:01:10
The audience panicked as gunshots rang out in the concert hall. A foreign woman (Lucy Mannerheim) asks Richard Hanne (Robert Donat) if he can spend the night at his home. The woman told Richard the next day before she was killed that the spy group Thirty-Nine Steps had to be stopped from sneaking state secrets out of the UK. In order to prove that he was not the murderer, Hanna had no choice but to go to the Scottish Highlands to find clues. On the train, he sought the help of a blond young woman named Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), but she immediately reported to the police. took him. He found Professor Jordan, the leader of the Thirty-Nine Steps, but was framed and imprisoned immediately. After narrowly escaping, he was taken away by two people disguised as plainclothes police officers because of Pamela's report, and they also handcuffed Pamela and him. So the two escaped together and gained mutual trust, and then they returned to the concert hall again, where Hannay saw the performance he had seen last time. He asks "Mr. Memory" (Wright Watson), who claims to be able to answer any question: "What is the thirty-nine steps", so...
Hitchcock once said that "Mr. Memory" is his favorite character For one, the character is based on a real person named Dattas, who himself saw his performance as a child in London.
Hitchcock once said that "Mr. Memory" is his favorite character For one, the character is based on a real person named Dattas, who himself saw his performance as a child in London.
Extended Reading
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Crofter's Wife: Do London ladies look beautiful?
Richard Hannay: They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them.
Crofter's Wife: [to Hannay as her husband walks in] You ought not say that.
Crofter: What ought he not to say?
Richard Hannay: I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country.
Crofter: God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?
Crofter's Wife: Aye.
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Crofter: Aye. I might have known. Making love behind my back.