Rope

Rope

7.9IMDb Score
Released:1948-02-01
Duration:81 min
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Actors:James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier
Production:Transatlantic Pictures

Overview:

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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