An experimental film masquerading as a standard Hollywood thriller. The plot of <I>Rope</I> is simple and based on a successful stage play: two young men (John Dall and Farley Granger) commit murder, more or less as an int...
James Stewart Farley Granger and John Dall star in this macabre spellbinder which was inspired by a real-life case of murder. Two thrill-seeking friends (Granger and Dall) strangle a classmate and then hold a party for t...
Full Frame; Remastered; Dubbed; Subtitled - Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifie...
Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case from which two other films COMPULSION and SWOON were also derived ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story which ...
Crime - general DVD - Though it lacks the excitement of his best works, Rope remains a solid suspense effort that is recognized as one of Alfred Hitchcocks most technically challenging films. Since the entire story two you...
Calmly suspenseful, James Stewart is impressive yet again, Dall is a monster
Cons
Some small talk, the setting can become tiresome, fairly predictable
Bottom Line
Rope is both ambitious and successful as far as I can tell. Who will be the next Hitchcock? Only time will tell...
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