Rope 1948

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Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise.
Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.

Cast

James Stewart as Rupert Cadell, prep-school housemaster and publisher
John Dall as Brandon Shaw, co-murderer and co-host at the party
Farley Granger as Phillip Morgan, co-murderer and co-host of the party
Joan Chandler as Janet Walker, columnist and David's fiancée
Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Henry Kentley, David's father
Constance Collier as Mrs. Anita Atwater, David's aunt
Douglas Dick as Kenneth Lawrence, David's friend
Edith Evanson as Mrs. Wilson, Brandon's housekeeper