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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

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

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Patrick Hamilton
Cast member
Dick Hogan
Production company
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Cinematographer
William V. Skall
Narrative location
New York City
Duration
80
FilmAffinity ID
425873
Distribution format
video on demand
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
production designer
Perry Ferguson
distributed by
Netflix
capital cost
1500000
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
73/100
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Encyclopedic overview

The film's trailer

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rope” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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