What is Rope (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''Rope''''' is a 1948 [[United States|American]] [[drama movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. It stars [[James Stewart]], [[John Dall]] and [[Farley Granger]]. It tells the [[story]] of two young [[intellectual]]s, played by Dall and Granger, who [[murder]] one of their friends in an [[apartment]] in [[Manhattan]]. They do it in order to prove that it is possible to commit the perfect murder. Then they hold a [[dinner]] [[party]] at which they invite the [[parent]]s of the [[victim]] as well as their former [[teacher]], played by Stewart. During the dinner party they come close to [[boasting]] about their crime and arouse the [[suspicion]]s of the teacher who eventually exposes them and alerts the [[police]]. The movie is famous for seemingly being made in one long shot without changing the [[camera angle]]. It is also known for [[imply]]ing a homosexual [[intimate relationship|relationship]] between the two intellectuals at a time when [[homosexuality]] was [[rare]]ly mentioned in movies or popular American culture. ==References== *{{imdb title|0040746|Rope}} [[Category:1948 crime drama movies]] [[Category:American crime drama movies]] [[Category:American LGBT movies]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:LGBT crime movies]] [[Category:LGBT drama movies]] [[Category:Movies about murderers]] [[Category:Movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock]] [[Category:Movies set in Manhattan]]