Film Adaptations Based On The Novel The Thirty-Nine Steps
- The 39 Steps (1935 film), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- The 39 Steps (1959 film), directed by Ralph Thomas
- The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film), directed by Don Sharp
- The 39 Steps (2008 film), directed by James Hawes
- The 39 Steps (play), adapted by Patrick Barlow
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