Patrick Hamilton Rope
Patrick Hamilton Rope Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder. To add piquancy to their crime, they invite the victim's father and other guests to a macabre dinner party. Rupert Cadell: Alan Rickman Wyndham Brandon: Adam Bareham Charles Granillo: Andrew Branch Sir Johnstone Kentley: Cyril Luckham Leila Arden: Moir Leslie Kenneth Raglan: Christopher Good Producer: John Tydeman First broadcast: BBC Radio 4 in Saturday-Night Theatre: Murder for Pleasure in 1983 For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the "fun of the thing," Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
Chapters
| 1983-12-03 Rope (Alan Rickman) [by Patrick Hamilton] | 1:17:36 |
Reviews
Hitchcock's Rope 1948
albie
Movie of Hamilton's stage play Rope's End based on the true story of Leopold-Loeb's murder of a 14 year old boy in 1924
Original broadcast on Saturday Night Theatre
Ed 999
This programme was first broadcast in "Saturday Night Theatre" on Radio 4, on 3rd December 1983 at 8:30pm.
CLASS LISTEN
Davie67
Excellent to hear Alan Rickman in one of the lead roles. Love the Hitchcock film but this is equally as special.
Excellent
microcosme
This drama is great, very different from the Alfred Hitchcock movie but both are excellent.
Rope
Oxygenated
good performance of this Patrick Hamilton thriller Hitchcock made famous.