FAQ for
Rope (1948)

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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Rope can be found at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/parentalguide.

Rope is based on a 1929 British stage play (sometimes titled Rope's End) written by English playwright and novelist, Patrick Hamilton [1904-1962].

Hitchcock actually makes two appearances in Rope. In the opening scene he can be seen walking down the street. About 52 minutes into the film, his outline can be briefly seen on a neon sign visible from the apartment window. Below his caricature is the word "Reduco."

British film-maker Sir Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980] began making movies in 1921 and ended with Family Plot in 1976. In between, he made dozens and dozens of films, some of which (the earlier ones) have been lost. Some of his more well-known and best-loved movies include The Lady Vanishes (1938), Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963).