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Rope
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About 1948 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Genres drama, mystery, thriller, crime thriller, LGBTQ-related, psychological drama, psychological thriller, crime drama
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Ben Hecht, Hume Cronyn, Arthur Laurents, Patrick Hamilton
Starring Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, John Dall, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler, Edith Evanson
Music David Buttolph
Runtime 80 min
Country United States
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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