Alfred Hitchcock’s underappreciated, 1948 suspense thriller about two wicked intellectuals who perform the “perfect murder”. Stars James Stewart, Farley Granger...
Alfred Hitchcock’s underappreciated, 1948 suspense thriller about two wicked intellectuals who perform the “perfect murder”. Stars James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall.
Brandon (Dall) and Philip (Granger) gloat about their intellectual superiority. As an exercise to this proposition, they strangle their “inferior” friend to death with a thick piece of rope. They dump this body in a large chest in their apartment and invite the victim’s family and friends over for dinner as a twisted celebration/challenge of their accomplishment. However, their old schoolteacher Rupert (Stewart) begins to grow suspicious.
The movie is comprised of only 10 shots and was Hitchcock’s first feature film in colour.
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