Story of a vampish actress who comes between a happily married couple in this light-hearted melodrama.
Acting
Madeleine Carroll's smoldering restraint — she barely moves and owns every frame.
Direction
Miles Mander's shift from stagey melodrama to surprisingly modern intimacy.
Director
Miles Mander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood (1929-1934) packed films with adultery, contraception, and female desire before the Hays Code sanitized everything. This barely survived.
Madeleine Carroll became Hitchcock's first blonde obsession in The 39 Steps (1935) — this was her proving ground for icy allure.
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