Rope
Mar 11 1948
•1h 21m
•Thriller, Crime, Drama
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.
Cast
See allJohn Dall
Brandon Shaw
Farley Granger
Phillip Morgan
James Stewart
Rupert Cadell
Joan Chandler
Janet Walker
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