Rope (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.1/10   

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Escritores:

Patrick Hamilton (play)
Hume Cronyn (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 agosto 1948 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The guest who's dead on time

Plot:

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Plot Keywords:

Party | Dinner Party | Murder | Intellectual | Chest

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"A Horrible Film"

Reparto

James Stewart	...	Rupert Cadell
John Dall	...	Brandon Shaw
Farley Granger	...	Phillip Morgan
Cedric Hardwicke	...	Mr. Kentley (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Constance Collier	...	Mrs. Atwater
Douglas Dick	...	Kenneth Lawrence
Edith Evanson	...	Mrs. Wilson
Dick Hogan	...	David Kentley
Joan Chandler	...	Janet Walker

También conocida como:

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (USA) (complete title)
La soga (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Festín diabólico (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

80 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #13027) | USA:PG (TV rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Iceland:L | Brazil:14 | South Korea:18 (2003) | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:(Banned) (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14A (video rating) | Canada:AA (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:11 (re-release) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | UK:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Compañía:

Transatlantic Pictures

Trivialidades:

When Janet and Mrs. Atwater are discussing their favorite leading men in movies, they bring up Cary Grant, and how brilliant he was in "that new thing with (Ingrid) Bergman." Neither can recall the title, but it's just plain "something" (meaning only one word). This refers to Alfred Hitchcock's earlier movie, Notorious (1946). Grant had also been Hitchcock's first choice for the role of Rupert Cadell.

Errores:

Continuidad: During the party, the chest that houses David is tall enough to serve food from. However, by the end, as Rupert crosses to the chair next to it, the chest is only as tall as Rupert's knees.

Citas:

[first lines]
Brandon: Open it.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover

"A Horrible Film"

When I first saw this film, I was appalled at it. These two friends decide to kill a third friend just for the thrill of it. Not only that, they put the lad's still warm body in a trunk, serve a cold buffet from it and invite the poor boy's dad and aunt. I couldn't believe how ghastly the subject matter was. This is a horrible film, I thought.

But that is exactly what Hitch wants the viewer to think. Perhaps I'm too emotional but the portrayal of the lad's dad by Cecil Hardwicke was exemplary and had me feeling upset for him too. The callousness of Brandon, the way he lords it over the party cum wake, the way he manipulates his (patently obvious) boyfriend who genuinely regrets the whole business. I hate him to death!

If you have a strong conscience this is tough meat to digest but very, very worth it. 10/10