Rope Alfred Hitchcock

Released in 1948 yikes and the first colour film for hitchcock rope is a daring film that pushes a few boundaries and adds good suspense which hitchcock was famed for.

Rope alfred hitchcock. Most of his well known movies are the ones with old hollywood superstars such as princess of monaco grace kelly and james jimmy stewart. Not a very long film but a skilled brooding film that looks and acts like a play which was the very intention. Loosely inspired by the leopold loeb case the plot concerns two. Starring james stewart john dall and farley granger this.

Rope alfred hitchcock s first color film was adapted from patrick hamilton s stage play rope s end by no less than hume cronyn. With james stewart john dall farley granger dick hogan. The acting is first class from start to finish. Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Rope is a 1948 american psychological crime thriller film directed by alfred hitchcock based on the 1929 play of the same name by patrick hamilton the film was adapted by hume cronyn with a screenplay by arthur laurents. Hitchcock s first color production rope s nihilistic narrative unfolds in deceptively distracting technicolor as virtually a single continuous shot with the artful aid of hidden cuts adapted from a stage play based on the infamous 1924 leopold and loeb case in which two young male lovers murdered a 14 year old boy in cold blood laurents. The film was produced by hitchcock and sidney bernstein as the first of their transatlantic pictures productions. Everyone has heard of alfred hitchcock classics such as psycho 1960 and dial m for murder 1954 even six decades after their release.

His films are a masterclass in creating suspense with slow building tension. Directed by alfred hitchcock.