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Former teacher Rupert Cadell (James Stewart) eyes Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger) with suspicion as Brandon Shaw (John Dall) cooly observes.
Former teacher Rupert Cadell (James Stewart) eyes Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger) with suspicion as Brandon Shaw (John Dall) cooly observes.
Janet Walker (Joan Chandler) chats with her ex-boyfriend Kenneth Lawrence (Douglas Dick), as party hosts Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger) stand in the background.
Janet Walker (Joan Chandler) chats with her ex-boyfriend Kenneth Lawrence (Douglas Dick), as party hosts Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger) stand in the background.
Phillip (Farley Granger) dispenses with former classmate David Kentley (Dick Hogan), while he is held by roomate and co-host Brandon (John Dall).
Phillip (Farley Granger) dispenses with former classmate David Kentley (Dick Hogan), while he is held by roomate and co-host Brandon (John Dall).

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Basics Critics:72Viewers:76Rusty:78
Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery/Noir/ThrillerNotable as: Crime FictionSub-Category: Thriller, Crime Fiction, DramaNarrative location: New York CityRuntime: 80 minutesLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriter: Arthur Laurents, Hume Cronyn, Ben Hecht, Patrick HamiltonMusic: David ButtolphCinematography: Joseph A. Valentine, William V. SkallStars: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick, Dick Hogan, Edith Evanson, Alfred HitchcockProducer: Warner Bros., Sidney Bernstein, Baron BernsteinStudio: Transatlantic PicturesAward details: (details at IMDb)
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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 name by Patrick Hamilton and adapted by Hume Cronyn and Arthur Laurents. It was produced by Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein as the first of their Transatlantic Pictures productions. Starring James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger, it is the first of Hitchcock's Technicolor films, and is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single continuous shot through the use of long takes. The original play was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.


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