Rope

Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' follows two intellectually arrogant young men, Brandon and Phillip, who strangle a former classmate and conceal his body in a chest during a dinner party. The film is a technical masterpiece, crafted to simulate one uninterrupted take, creating unbearable tension as guests unknowingly mingle around the hidden corpse. Their former housemaster, played by James Stewart, gradually suspects the terrible truth behind the evening's festivities.

• Hitchcock designed the film to appear as one continuous take.
• The movie is loosely based on the 1924 Leopold and Loeb case.
• Each film reel was limited to about ten minutes of footage.
• James Stewart reportedly disliked the film after its release.
• It was Hitchcock's first color film and first as producer.

• The good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they? We die old in bed.
• Brandon, the party's over.
• Til this very moment, I thought you were joking. I wanted to think so.
• Philip, I have always wished for more artistic courage in you.
• Nobody commits a really perfect murder alone. It takes brains and daring — and then more brains.