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Rope

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Rope
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NR,1hr 25min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
August 28, 1948
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger  ...more
Synopsis: Rope, Alfred Hitchcock's first color film, was adapted from Patrick Hamilton's stage play Rope's End by no less than Hume Cronyn. Loosely inspired by the Leopold-Loeb case, the plot concerns two implicitly homosexual college chums, played by Farley Granger and John Dall. Their heads filled with Nietzchean philosophy by their kindly professor James Stewart, Granger and Dall kill a third friend just for the thrill of it. The boys hide the body in an antique chest in the middle of their posh apartment, ... Full Synopsis
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Patrick Legare, AMG Review
Though it lacks the excitement of his best works, Rope remains a solid suspense effort that is recognized as one of Alfred Hitchcock's most technically challenging films. Since the entire story -- two young men commit murder for sport, hide the body in a chest, then celebrate the effort by having a party whose guests include the victim's father and girlfriend -- occurs in real time in one setting, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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James Stewart
Rupert Cadell
John Dall
Brandon Shaw, Shaw Brandon
Farley Granger
Philip, Phillip Morgan
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. David Kentley's Father, Mr. Kentley
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