

Rope
It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot!
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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7.9/10
3,128 votes
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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
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Where to watch
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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
7- T9/10
tmdb47633491
4/7/2018
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
- B7/10
barrymost
8/25/2020
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/9/2022
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…
- J7/10
James
10/20/2023
Somebody should have stopped Hitchcock from all this innovating business…
- J7/10
James
10/20/2023
**It ends with a shot** Like no film ever did that.
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