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Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before](http://blog.moviefone.com/tag/Where+Everyone+Has+Gone+Before/), the weekly column where I continue my film education before your very eyes by seeking out and watching all of the movies I should have seen by now. I will first judge the movie before I’ve watched it, based entirely on its reputation (and my potentially misguided thoughts). Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn’t try!
The Film: ‘The 39 Steps’](The 39 Steps (1935) - Movie | Moviefone) (1935), Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll and Lucie Manheim.
** Why I Haven’t Seen It Until Now:** As a young movie buff, Alfred Hitchcock was the first “classic” director to resonate with me. I devoured ‘Psycho,’](Psycho (1960) - Movie | Moviefone) ‘The Birds,’](The Birds (1963) - Movie | Moviefone) ‘North By Northwest,’](North by Northwest (1959) - Movie | Moviefone) ‘Rear Window,’](Rear Window (1983) - Movie | Moviefone) ‘Vertigo’](Vertigo (1958) - Movie | Moviefone) and countless others and to this day, I consider myself a huge fan and admirer of his work. Well, at least his American work. As you can infer from that list, my experience with his British films is, well, *limited, *at best. When I say that the only British Hitchcock I’ve seen is the original ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much,’](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-man-who-knew-too-much/5724/main) I promise you that my head is hanging in shame.