英国兰克影片公司出品的彩色影片《39级台阶》,去年初在上海、天津等地举办的英国电影周当中,获得我国观众的欢迎与赞赏。电影《39级台阶》是根据英国小说家暨诗人约翰·巴肯的同名小说改编的。这已是第二次搬上银幕。在此之前,英国著名电影导演,享有“县念大师”称号的希区柯克,曾亲自改编并导演过一部。但这次在我国公映的一部,是由迈克尔·罗布森编剧,由唐·夏普导演的。小说《39级台阶》的作者约翰·巴肯一八七五年生于苏格兰;还在大学念书阶段,他的诗作就获过奖。第一次世界大战期间他当过军官,一九一七年担任情报官,一九二七年当选为下议院议员,后来英国皇室封以勋爵,并任命为英联邦驻加拿大总督。他以一个政治家的眼力,在第一次世界大战爆发的前夕,就洞察到纳粹德国的侵略野心,意识到战争的乌云已经笼罩着欧洲。为了揭露德国法西斯的战争阴谋,他在战争爆发之前,便着手写作这部小说。书中主人公理查德·汉内以及某些情 The “39 steps” of the color film produced by the United Kingdom-based Frank Film Company won the welcome and appreciation of our audience during the British Film Week held in Shanghai and Tianjin early last year. The movie “Level 39” is based on the novel of the same title by British novelist and poet John Bacon. This is the second time onto the screen. Prior to this, the famous British film director, enjoyed the title of “county master” Hitchcock, who personally adapted and directed a. However, one of the films released in China this time was written by Michael Jordan, directed by Don Sharp. John Bacon, author of the novel “The Level 39”, was born in Scotland in 1875, and won the prize for his poetry at the university. He was an officer during World War I, an intelligence officer in 1917, a member of the House of Commons in 1927, a British Lord later sealed in Lordship and the appointment of the Governor of the Commonwealth to Canada. As a politician, on the eve of the outbreak of World War I, he was aware of the aggressive ambitions of Nazi Germany and realized that the dark clouds of war have enveloped Europe. In order to uncover the German fascist war conspiracy, he set out to write the novel before the outbreak of the war. Richard Hannay, the hero of the book, and some love