Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Direction
Hitchcock's invisible cuts create unbearable real-time tension.
Acting
John Dall's smug superiority vs. Farley Granger's unraveling guilt.
Writing
Nietzschean philosophy weaponized as murder justification.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock called the ten-minute film magazine limit 'a nuisance' and planned every camera movement around reloading—look for zooms into dark jackets.
The real Leopold and Loeb case inspired the play; Hitchcock stripped the homosexual subtext that was obvious in 1929 but forbidden by 1948 Hollywood.
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We saw the movie in video production, one of the greatest films I've ever seen
@speedbreaker0234 30
Unbelievably good film in so many levels.
@bethennydevine699 20
An extraordinary film. Incredible the way it was shot.
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