Rope (film) Rope (film) Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents. The film was produced by Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein as the first of their Transatlantic Pictures productions. Starring James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger, this is the first of Hitchcock's Technicolor films, and is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single continuous shot through the use of long takes.
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest is a 2000 documentary film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller film "North by Northwest". It is hosted and narrated by the film's female lead, Eva Marie Saint and features interviews with Patricia Hitchcock, several of the technical and behind-the-scenes people involved with the production of the film, and the main surviving actor, Martin Landau. The film has gained wide circulation due to its inclusion in Universal's release of "North by Northwest" in VHS and DVD formats which include this film as