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Rope (1948)

TV_PG 80 min  -  Crime | Drama | Mystery  -   28 August 1948 (USA)
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Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Hume Cronyn (adaptation), Patrick Hamilton (play), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dick Hogan Dick Hogan ...
David Kentley
John Dall John Dall ...
Farley Granger ...
Phillip
Edith Evanson Edith Evanson ...
Mrs. Wilson
Douglas Dick Douglas Dick ...
Kenneth
Joan Chandler Joan Chandler ...
Janet
Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke ...
Mr. Kentley (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Constance Collier Constance Collier ...
James Stewart ...
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Storyline

Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Party | Friend | Chest | Teacher | Apartment  | See more »

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The apartment set showed up the following year, slightly re-furbished, in the Doris Day movie My Dream Is Yours. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: As Brandon and Philip walk back to the kitchen after finding the rope, the frame over the doorway into the hall can be seen separating. Since each reel was filmed in one continuous take, sets had to be moved out of the way during the shot, allowing the camera to follow the actors between rooms. (A similar mistake is visible in the tracking shot out of Bob Rusk's house in Frenzy.) See more »

Quotes

Rupert Cadell: Brandon's spoken of you.
Janet Walker: Did he do me justice?
Rupert Cadell: Do you deserve justice?
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Crazy Credits

Most of the characters in the movie are listed in their relation to David, a
character who is only seen for a couple of seconds, and has no lines in
movie. The only person who isn't listed in reference to David is James
Stewart's character. See more »


Soundtracks

"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry M. Woods
Played on the radio by The Three Suns when Rupert is talking to Mrs. Wilson See more »