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Rope

It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot! From beginning to end, nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE!

1948 · 1h 21m · Approved Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Overview

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

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93%
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Rotten

Apart from the tedium of waiting or someone to open that chest and discover the hidden body which the hosts have tucked away for the sake of a thrill, the unpunctuated flow of image becomes quite monotonous.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

Rope is not merely a stunt that is justified by the extraordinary career that contains it, but one of the movies that makes that career extraordinary.

Vincent Canby, New York Times

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