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Rope

It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot!

7.9(3,126)19481h 21m7

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
$2.2M
Language
English
  • philosophy
  • banquet
  • rope
  • strangle
  • based on play or musical
  • murder
  • dinner party
  • academia
  • suspicious
  • suspenseful
  • intense
  • superiority

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City, New York26 Aug 1948
    • Theatrical25 Sept 1948
    • PhysicalPGDVD/VHS Release26 Mar 2001
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated A29 Oct 1948
    • PhysicalPGVHS28 Jul 1988
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG1 Feb 1948
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical23 Aug 1948
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 May 1963
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical25 Sept 1948
    • TV14Universal19 Oct 1999
    • Physical14DVD/VHS CIC Video8 Dec 2000
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-162 Dec 1949
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical16Visa CNC 828122 Feb 1950
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1625 Jul 1963
    • Physical12Bluray6 Feb 2014
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalRe-issue14 Sept 2023
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1211 Mar 1948
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical17 Nov 1956
    • TVByoblu22 Nov 2022

Frequently asked questions

Rope was released on 1 February 1948.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    tmdb47633491

    4/7/2018

    9/10

    Can't believe I'm only seeing this now. It's great. Basically a play. There couldn't have been more than 15 shots. Ending had me in tears. Shouts out

  • B

    barrymost

    8/25/2020

    7/10

    Rope was the first Alfred Hitchcock/James Stewart collaboration. They would go on to do "Rear Window", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and finally, "Vertigo". This being the first, and also a kind of experimental film on Hitchcock's part, it is the weakest of the four. Shot as a play, mainly in one room, and with only a handful of cast members, the concept of how it was done is intriguing even today. Done in roughly…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2022

    7/10

    Now I may be completely off beam here, but there is something ever so slightly homo-erotic about the relationship between John Dall ("Brandon") and Farley Granger ("Philip") in this rather clunky murder tale that is less of a mystery and more of a bragging exercise. The two, having murdered their college friend "David" invite some folks round for a dinner party that shows the pair - especially Dall - as obnoxious men…

  • J

    James

    10/20/2023

    7/10

    Somebody should have stopped Hitchcock from all this innovating business…

  • J

    James

    10/20/2023

    7/10

    **It ends with a shot** Like no film ever did that.

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