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Rope

It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot! From beginning to end, nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE!

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  • Drama
  • Crime
  • Thriller

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.

Keywords

  • philosophy
  • murder
  • intense
  • gay theme
  • gay interest
  • based on play or musical
  • one location
  • restricted setting
  • dinner party
  • the perfect murder
  • the perfect crime
  • suspenseful
  • rope
  • technicolor
  • homosexual subtext
  • banquet
  • footlocker
  • strangle
  • academia
  • gay killer
  • nietzsche
  • playing god
  • suspicious
  • superiority

Details

Status
Released
Release date
February 1, 1948
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Budget
$1,500,000
Revenue
$2,200,000
Rope (1948) | Kinocult