Rope [videorecording] / Universal ; Transatlantic Pictures production.
Other Titles: Rope.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005.
ISBN: 1417058900
Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
Subject: Murder Drama.
Strangling Drama.
Deception Drama.
Homicide Drama.
Strangling Drama.
Deception Drama.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films. gsafd
Mystery films. gsafd
Mystery Feature. migfg
Credits: Directors of photography, Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall ; film editor, William H. Ziegler ; adapted by Hume Cronyn from the play by Patrick Hamilton ; screenplay by Arthur Laurents; director, Alfred Hitchcock.
Performers: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG.
Notes: English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Originally issued as a motion picture, 1948.
Special features: Rope unleashed; production photographs; theatrical trailer; production notes.
Summary: Two thrill-seeking friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of "the perfect murder," their former teacher becomes increasingly suspicious that his proteges have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.