Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 thriller "The 39 Steps" unspools on the screen at The Beverly Theater, bringing a bit of vintage British suspense to downtown Las Vegas. The film follows Richard Hannay, an ordinary man swept into a web of espionage and murder after a mysterious woman turns up dead in his London flat, sending him on the run across the Scottish countryside with spies and police both hot on his trail.

Watching this one in a dedicated theater space feels right—the black-and-white cinematography, the clipped dialogue, the wit that Hitchcock wove into even his tensest scenes all benefit from a proper big-screen presentation rather than a laptop or TV. The Beverly's intimate 150-seat theater and sharp acoustics make it a fitting spot to catch this early entry in the director's filmography, the kind of film that laid groundwork for the spy thrillers and wrong-man narratives he'd return to throughout his career.