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Rope

1948, Movie, 1h 21min

In this charged thriller inspired by the notorious case of Leopold and Loeb, two Manhattan college friends (John Dall and Farley Granger) strangle a classmate for intellectual kicks and then proceed to invite his family and friends for dinner—with the body stuffed inside the trunk they use for a buffet table. Screen legend James Stewart costars in this macabre chamber piece, striking for both its daring queer subtext and experimental visual style, in which a series of elaborately choreographed long takes are carefully edited to create the illusion of one continuous shot.

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Reviews

Kasper Løvborg

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Slightly underrated Hitchcock experiment. The very long takes (the whole film is essentially uninterrupted) heighten the suspense and the movie's stars are well-cast. Fun.

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Critic David Parkinson

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...there are hints in this 1948 film of the perversity that will yield Psycho, Strangers On A Train, Vertigo and Rear Window, so it’s a must for Hitch collectors.

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Frequently asked questions

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Rope is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the true story of the Leopold and Loeb case. The film follows two intellectually superior young men, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, who strangle their former classmate David Kentley and hide his body in a trunk. They then invite their victim's family and friends over for a dinner party, serving food from the same trunk that conceals the corpse. As they engage in conversation about the "perfect murder," their former teacher Rupert Cadell becomes increasingly suspicious of their involvement in David's disappearance. The tension builds as Cadell's investigation uncovers inconsistencies in their alibis and reveals shocking truths about their motivations. Will they get away with the perfect crime, or will Cadell uncover their dark secret?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Rope include Gaslight, Born to Kill, White Heat, Borderline, Stray Dog, Hidden in the Fog.

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Rope was released in theaters on September 25, 1948.