Apart from the tedium of waiting or someone to open that chest and discover the hidden body which the hosts have tucked away for the sake of a thrill, the unpunctuated flow of image becomes quite monotonous.
Rope
It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot!
1948 · 1h 21m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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Rope
Overview
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- James Stewart as Rupert Cadell
- John Dall as Brandon Shaw
- Farley Granger as Phillip Morgan
- Constance Collier as Mrs. Atwater
- Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Henry Kentley
- Douglas Dick as Kenneth Lawrence
- Edith Evanson as Mrs. Wilson
- Dick Hogan as David Kentley
- Joan Chandler as Janet Walker
- Alfred Hitchcock Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rope is not merely a stunt that is justified by the extraordinary career that contains it, but one of the movies that makes that career extraordinary.
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