Sunday, February 28, 2010

A Life Out of Control

A BBC-TV adaptation of John Buchan’s 1915 spy novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, will debut tonight in the States as part of PBS’ Masterpiece Classic series. Click here to read The New York Times’ assessment of this 90-minute teleflick. You can watch a clip of the film here. Check local listings for show times in your area.

1 comment:

kathy d. said...

PBS "The Thirty-Nine Steps," was okay, with gorgeous scenery and actors, and a love story.

Yet, it was nothing as the original b/w film, which was exciting and spooky and suspenseful.

So I will get the original from the library and re-see it and then await the new film mentioned here.