Rope

1948 film by Alfred Hitchcock

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7.9

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.

Released: 1948-02-0181 minDir: Alfred HitchcockThriller, Crime, DramaBudget: $1.5MBox office: $2.2M

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Cast

James Stewart as Rupert Cadell
John Dall as Brandon Shaw
Farley Granger as Phillip Morgan
Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Henry Kentley
Constance Collier as Mrs. Anita Atwater
Douglas Dick as Kenneth Lawrence

Themes

philosophy
banquet
rope
strangle
based on play or musical
murder
dinner party
academia
suspicious
suspenseful

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Ratings

IMDb

7.9/10

164,845 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

73/100

Year: 1948
Runtime: 80 min
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rated: Approved
Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by: Arthur Laurents
Story by: Hume Cronyn
Based on: Rope , by Patrick Hamilton
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock Uncredited: Sidney Bernstein
Starring: James Stewart John Dall Farley Granger Cedric Hardwicke Constance Collier Joan Chandler
Cinematography: Joseph A. Valentine , William V. Skall
Edited by: William H. Ziegler
Music by: David Buttolph Francis Poulenc
Production company: Transatlantic Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates: August 26, 1948 ( 1948-08-26 ) (New York City) September 25, 1948 ( 1948-09-25 ) (United States)
Running time: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $1.5 –2 million
Box office: $2.2 –2.7 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 80
FilmAffinity ID: 425873
Image: James Stewart in Rope trailer 1.png

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Commons category: Rope (film)
publication date: 1948-09-25
Commons gallery: Rope (film)
title: Rope
capital cost: 1500000
review score: 73/100

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Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents.