Rope (1947 film)

Rope
Directed by	Stephen Harrison
Based on	Rope by Patrick Hamilton
Starring	Dirk Bogarde
Production company	BBC
Distributed by	BBC
Release date	January 4, 1947 (1947-01-04)
Running time	80 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Rope is a 1947 British television play based on the play Rope by Patrick Hamilton. It was an early lead role for Dirk Bogarde. ^{[1] [2]}

It was directed by Stephen Harrison who wrote about Bogarde: "I think he has possibilities. Although he is rather inexperienced, he was good from the start in the more emotional scenes, and eventually sustained his performance consistently in the duller connecting links. He, too, was possibly too charming a type for the part of Granillo.” ^[3]

Harrison later directed the play for television again in 1950. ^[4]

Premise

Two Oxford undergraduates, Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo, murder a friend for the thrill of it.

Cast

• Dirk Bogarde as Charles Granillo
• David Markham as Wyndham
• Elwyn Brooke Jones as Rupert Cadell
• George De Warfaz as Sabot
• Shelagh Fraser as Leila Arden
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Sir Johnstone Kentley
• Nigel Stock as Kenneth Raglan

References

1. "Television". The Daily Telegraph. 4 January 1947. p. 6.
2. Tanitch, Robert (1988). Dirk Bogarde : the complete career illustrated. Ebury. p. 14.
3. Coldstream, John (2004). Dirk Bogarde : the authorised biography. Phoenix. p. 206.
4. Jacobs, Jason (2000). The intimate screen : early British television drama. Oxford University Press. p. 103-104.

External links

• Rope at IMDb
• Rope at Genome