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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rope (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Transatlantic Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, Laurents, Arthur, Stewart, James, 1908-1997, Granger, Farley, Dall, John, 1918-1971, Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964, Collier, Constance, 1878-1955, Chandler, Joan, 1923-1979, Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 March 17-1962
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English or French with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]
Subjects:
Murder > Drama.
Strangling > Drama.
Deception > Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
Item Description:Adapted by Hume Cronyn from the play by Patrick Hamilton.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
"Limited edition"--Set container.
Special features: featurette: Rope unleashed; production photographs; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray; 1080p High-definition; English DTS-HD master audio, 2.0 mono.; Français DTS surround, 2.0 mono.; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall ; film editor, William H. Ziegler ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.