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Robert Donat as Richard Hannay and Madeleine Carroll as Pamela, handcuffed together, sit closely in a tense scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps.
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Madeleine Carroll

British actress
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Robert Donat as Richard Hannay and Madeleine Carroll as Pamela, handcuffed together, sit closely in a tense scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps.
The 39 Steps Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll in The 39 Steps (1935), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Madeleine Carroll was a British actress who gained international fame for her roles in Alfred Hitchcock films. She starred alongside Robert Donat in Hitchcock's 1935 thriller The 39 Steps, playing a young woman handcuffed to the protagonist as they evade spies. Carroll also appeared in Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936), portraying an undercover agent. Her performances in these suspenseful films solidified her status as a leading lady in early Hollywood cinema.

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  1. Alfred Hitchcock - The Hollywood years: Rebecca to Dial M for Murder
  2. Alfred Hitchcock - First international releases: The Man Who Knew Too Much to Jamaica Inn

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