Rope [a DVD] / Transatlantic Pictures ; produced by Sidney Bernstein and Alfred Hitchcock ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Arthur Laurents.
Based on the play Rope's end by Patrick Hamilton; adapted by Hume Cronyn. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Features: "Rope unleashed" an original documentary on the making of Rope, featuring interviews with cast member Farley Granger, collaborator Hume Cronyn, screenwriter Arthur Laurents and Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, production photographs, production notes, cast and filmmaker information, theatrical trailers, scene selection. James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler.
Summary:
Stewart is a teacher who suspects something is amiss when invited to dinner at the home of former students, who serve dinner on a trunk stuffed with the body of a classmate.
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