“It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot! From beginning to end, nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE!”
Rope
7.9
3,028 votes·1948
·1h 21m
·MovieThrillerCrimeDrama
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.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
Revenue vs Budget1.5x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Lost money at the box office
Keywords
philosophybanquetropestranglebased on play or musicalmurderdinner partyacademiasuspicioussuspensefulintensesuperiority
Cast
James Stewart
Rupert Cadell
John Dall
Brandon Shaw
Farley Granger
Phillip Morgan
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Henry Kentley
Constance Collier
Mrs. Anita Atwater
Douglas Dick
Kenneth Lawrence
Edith Evanson
Mrs. Wilson
Dick Hogan
David Kentley
Joan Chandler
Janet Walker
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
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