Magazine ad for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope” (Warner Bros., 1948) starring James Stewart
Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, "Rope" is based on a 1929 play of the same name. The play was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. [Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xkQoH8QbVs
Magazine ad for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope” (Warner Bros., 1948) starring James Stewart
Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, "Rope" is based on a 1929 play of the same name. The play was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. [Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xkQoH8QbVs