Rope
Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Arthur Laurents, Hume Cronyn, Ben Hecht
Producer: Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock
Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, inspired by the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents. The film was produced by Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein as the first of their Transatlantic Pictures productions.
Trivia
- Based on Rope (play by Patrick Hamilton).
- The film is one of Hitchcock's most experimental and "one of the most interesting experiments ever attempted by a major director working with big box-office names", abandoning many standard film techniques to allow for the long unbroken scenes.
- Camera moves were carefully planned and there was very little editing.
- Prop men constantly had to move the furniture and other props out of the way of the large Technicolor camera, and then ensure they were replaced in the correct location.
Previous Showings
15 Runs • 12 Festivals
Original Billings: 1 run (November 1, 1948)
Original Run: November 1, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (15):
- November 1, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
- March 12 - 13, 1992w/ The Paradine Case
- January 5 - 7, 1994w/ Call Northside 777
- July 25 - 28, 1998Dear Old Hollywoodw/ Vertigo
- March 30 - April 5, 2000Hitchcock 2000w/ Vertigo
- April 3 - 4, 2004jstewart-2004w/ Charlie Chan at the Opera
- February 22 - 25, 2008HITCHCOCK: Ten Weeks of the films of the Master of Suspensew/ Strangers on a Train
- September 22 - 24, 2009HITCHCOCKw/ Spellbound
- July 23 - 28, 2011Summer 2011w/ Rear Window
- February 28 - March 3, 2013Hitchcock 2013w/ Strangers on a Train
- March 20 - 21, 2019Hitchcock, Master of Suspensew/ Lifeboat
- August 31 - September 1, 2023Summer 2023: The Best of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcockw/ Dial M for Murder
- June 6 - 7, 2024Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ The Trouble with Harry
- July 2 - 3, 2025Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Saboteur
- May 9 - 10, 2026Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Dial M for Murder