Jewish Chronicle, 4 April 1994, by Valerie Monchi
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*Rope* (Wyndham's) tells the story of an "immaculate 
murder" committed in upper-class London in the late 1920s 
*writes Valerie Monchi.*

Brandon and Granillo have killed a fellow Oxford student 
motivated by a desire for danger and adventure.

Their fascination for the macabre leads them to invite a 
few guests, including the victim's father, to dine off the 
chest in which the corpse lies. Cadell (Anthony Head), a 
nihilist poet, begins to suspect foul play.

Patrick Hamilton's play, which inspired the Hitchcock film, 
ends on a crude moralistic note, but it is well worth 
seeing, not least because of Head's outstanding 
performance.



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