Bibliograph

Rope, Warner Bros. Pictures presents [a] Transatlantic Pictures production ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; adapted by Hume Cronyn from the play by Patrick Hamilton ; screenplay by Arthur Laurents

Type

Label

Rope, Warner Bros. Pictures presents [a] Transatlantic Pictures production ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; adapted by Hume Cronyn from the play by Patrick Hamilton ; screenplay by Arthur Laurents

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Main title

Rope

Oclc number

71222812

Responsibility statement

Warner Bros. Pictures presents [a] Transatlantic Pictures production ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; adapted by Hume Cronyn from the play by Patrick Hamilton ; screenplay by Arthur Laurents

Runtime

Series statement

Alfred Hitchcock masterpieceAlfred Hitchcock collection

Summary

Two friends strangle a college classmate and then proceed to invite his family and friends to dinner after they stuff the body inside a trunk to be used for the dining table. One of the guests, their teacher, suspects foul play and returns later to discover not only the body, but also how his own academic theories had been twisted to provide the motivation for the grotesque murder. Based on the real-life Leopold-Loeb murder, Hitchcock's study of total mise-en-scene construction was shot entirely on a single sound stage

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope

Classification