I'm surprised that I did not see ROPE on anybody's post (or did I just overlook it?). It is an intense psychological story--Farley Granger and John Dall have killed a friend and hidden his body in a chest serving as buffet at the party they are giving. Their former professor (James Stewart) is an invited guest They steer the conversation to the morality of homicide in a situational ethics type of discourse. The genesis of the story is the real life, sensational murder, the Leopold/Loeb case.

But the most interesting part of the film is Hitchcok's long takes. Essentially he blocked out the scenes into takes utilizing a full can of film as a single shot.

While it was neither one his best films, nor, I believe one his mor successful efforts, Rope is well worth the tie spent watching it.