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Rope (film) For the Australian live drama, see Rope (1957 film). Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents. [7]
- John Dall
John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January...
- Farley Granger
Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was...
- John Dall
Rope is a 1948 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a play by Patrick Hamilton. It stars James Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger as two friends who murder a classmate and hide the body in their apartment.
Two men host a dinner party after killing their former classmate and placing his body in a chest. The film features a long take, a gay subtext, and a starring role by James Stewart.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1948-09-25
Cedric Hardwicke - Mr. Kentley (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke) Constance Collier - Mrs. Atwater. Douglas Dick - Kenneth Lawrence. Edith Evanson - Mrs. Wilson. Dick Hogan - David Kentley. Joan Chandler - Janet Walker. rest of cast listed alphabetically: Alfred Hitchcock - Man walking in street after opening credits (uncredited and unconfirmed)
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, based on a play by Patrick Hamilton. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and more on TMDB.
Find out who starred in the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, about two college friends who commit a murder and host a dinner party. See the director, screenwriter, producer, composer, cinematographer and more credits.
Two brilliant young aesthetes, Brandon Shaw (John Dall) and Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger), strangle to death their former classmate from Harvard University, David Kentley (Dick Hogan), in their apartment. They commit the crime as an intellectual exercise; they want to prove their superiority by committing the "perfect murder".
