ROPE
James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Universal Pictures; Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Rated PG; 80 minutes; 1948
Hitchcock's favorite film is also his rarest, most
intriguing, and unprecedented movie. His first color film and the first film he
ever produced, the title is taken from the murder weapon. Loosely based on a
true story, two rich young men murder a colleague for the sake of murder and
then coolly throw a party around the hidden corpse in this curious intellectual
drama.
REVIEWS
"Alfred Hitchcock has created yet
another amazing suspense film."
- David Pickup, MOVIETHING.COM
"A masterpiece."
- EFILMCRITIC.COM