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One of his earliest popular spy thrillers, THE 39 STEPS ('35) brought filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock global attention, and demonstrates one of his story templates for constructing what Hitchcock described as "a film of episodes." Based on the 1915 spy novel by John Buchan, Hitchcock worked with his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Charles Bennett to reimagine the characters and the plot – breaking all the action into a series of set pieces. The end resulted in what many consider one of the "great