Rope (1948)

• Tells the story of the two young , wealthy men, Brandon and Philip, who strangle and murder a friend of theirs just to see if they can get away with it.
• They then invite other close friends (including the murdered mans parents !) to their apartment for a dinner party, whilst hiding the body in a chest/box in their sitting room, just to see if they can get away with it.
• The suspense is created through the body in the chest box.
• What will happen?
• Will the body (and the two men) be discovered and brought to justice?
• Do we, the audience, even want this to happen?