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The 39 Steps is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called \"The 39 Steps\" from stealing British military secrets. Mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland and becomes tangled up with an attractive woman, Pamela, while hoping to stop the spy ring and clear his name.
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The Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral Also Corumbá Cathedral Is a church located in the center of Corumbá, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the South American country of Brazil. It is the place where the patron saint of the city is housed. A shield of the Portuguese crown is on its altar.
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