Rope
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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!

7.9 / 10 1948 1h 21mPG English
ThrillerCrimeDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

James Stewart

James Stewart

Rupert Cadell

Lead
John Dall

John Dall

Brandon Shaw

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Phillip Morgan

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Henry Kentley

Constance Collier

Constance Collier

Mrs. Anita Atwater

Douglas Dick

Douglas Dick

Kenneth Lawrence

Edith Evanson

Edith Evanson

Mrs. Wilson

Dick Hogan

Dick Hogan

David Kentley

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alfred Hitchcock's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Rope is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker