After hiding the body, the duo host a dinner party with the deceased's family and friends to prove they can get away with murder.
As a philosophical experiment, Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) decide to choke their friend with a rope. After hiding the body, the duo host a dinner party with the deceased's family and friends to prove they can get away with murder. This is when Hitchcock really started to hone in his long-take craftsmanship, and despite the story arguably being better suited for the stage (where it originated), Rope remains an inarguably important step in Hitchcock's ascension as a filmmaker.