A wonderful book on the classic film, which covers details into the pre-production, production and release, as well as an extensive critical analysis. Very enjoyable to read - unavoidably it's on the academic side, but it's not jargonistic. John Buchan receives his due (I wouldn't have minded a little more on this); the piece benefits a lot from the files at the BFI.
Glancy is a bit harsh on Charles Bennett being too disdainful of Hitchcock - that just came about because Bennett had been ignored for so long in discussion of Hitchcock's films (and he continues to be - he is not credited at all in the theatre show The 39 Steps despite it being a facsimile of the script).
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