RopePG

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock | USA | 1948 | 1h 21m | Starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Edith Evanson, Dick Hogan

Shortly before hosting a dinner party, two men strangle a mutual friend to death and quickly conceal the body in a chest where dinner will be served. Unaware of the horrific truth, their guests arrive, including the victim’s unsuspecting fiancée and a college professor whose lectures inadvertently influenced the fatal outcome. This remarkable cinematic achievement, initially conceived as a daring “stunt,” showcases Hitchcock’s mastery of tension within a confined space while cleverly satirising 20th-century high society and academia.

Reviews

‘There are hints in this 1948 film of the perversity that will yield Psycho, Strangers On A Train, Vertigo and Rear Window…it’s a must for Hitch collectors.’
★★★★
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine

‘A perverse, provocative entertainment.’
★★★★
Geoff Andfrews, Time Out

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