The 39 Steps

And this bullet stuck among the hymns, eh? Well, I'm not surprised, Mr. Hannay. Some of those Calvinist prayers are terrible hard to get through.

The 39 Steps (1935 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Smith: Listen, I'm going to tell you something which is not very healthy to know, but now that they have followed me here, you are in it as much as I am. Have you ever heard of the Thirty-Nine Steps? Hannay: No, what's that - a pub? Smith: Never mind. But what you are laughing at just now is true. These men will stick at nothing. I am the only person who can stop them. If they are not stopped, it is only a matter of days, perhaps hours, before the secret is out of the country. Hannay: Well, why don't you phone the police or something? Smith: 'Cause they wouldn't believe me any more than you did. And if they did, how long do you think it would take to get them going. These men act quickly. You don't know how clever their chief is. He has a dozen names, and he can look like a hundred people, but one thing he cannot disguise - this: part of his little finger is missing - so if ever you should meet a man with no top joint there, be very careful, my friend.

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Salesman: [holding up a bra] Put a pretty girl inside those and she needn't be ashamed of herself anywhere. Traveller: All right. Bring it back to me when it's filled.

The 39 Steps (1935 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hannay: Well, I've never been to Glasgow. I've been to Edinburgh and Montreal and London. I'll tell you all about London at supper. Margaret: John wouldn't approve of that, I doubt. Hannay: Why not? Margaret: He says it's best not to think of such places and all the wickedness that goes on there. Hannay: Well, why not listen now, before he comes back? What did you want to know? Margaret: Well, is it true that all the ladies paint their toenails? Hannay: Some of them. Margaret: Do London ladies look beautiful? Hannay: They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them. [John enters the house] Margaret: You ought not to say that. John: What ought you not to say? Hannay: I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country. John: God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?

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Margaret: [waking Hannay] There's a car coming. It'll be the police. You'd better be going...I'm not going to let them catch you. Hannay: I'll never forget you for doing this for me. John: [entering] I might have known. Making love behind my back. [To his wife] Get out! Hannay: Just a minute! John: [To Hannay] Aye, and you too! Get out of my house before I... Margaret: [To Hannay] Aye, go, go! Hannay: And leave you like this? No fear! [To John] Look here, you don't understand... Look here, you're all wrong about this. She was only trying to help me.

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Professor: Now, Mr. Hannay - I suppose it's safe to call you by your real name now. What about our mutual friend, Annabella? Hannay: She's been murdered. Professor: Murdered? Oh, the Portland Mansions affair. What our friends outside are looking for you for. Hannay: I didn't do it. Professor: Of course you didn't. [He turns] But why come all this way to Scotland to tell me about it? Hannay: I believe she was coming to see you about some Air Ministry secret. She was killed by a foreign agent who is interested too. Professor: Did she tell you what the foreign agent looked like? Hannay: There wasn't time. Oh, there was one thing. Part of his little finger was missing. Professor: Which one? Hannay: This one, I think. [He holds up his hand.] Professor: [holding up his hand, which is missing part of its little finger] Sure it wasn't... this one?

The 39 Steps (1935 film), CC BY-SA 4.0