Rupert Discovers The Body (Final Reveal Scene) | Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' (1948)

The horrors of humanity are revealed as Rupert's suspicions get the better of him as he opens the chest, uncovering the grizzly killing that has taken place.
From Alfred Hitchcock’s ROPE (1948): Two young men, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, commit a murder and host a dinner party to toast for a perfect murder. However, reporter Rupert Cadell finds them suspicious and starts probing them.
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[@elizabethgalligan1805]

"Did you think you were God?" ..... That line gets me every time. Jimmy Stewart is terrific in this scene. He 👏

[@mybabba]

I have only recently come to appreciate James Stewart. He completely inhabited the characters he played. He was a great actor.

[@joebloggs396]

The guy who plays Brandon makes this film for me, but Jimmy Stewart does ok.

[@millee6269]

Stewart's last speech always gives me chills. Brilliant, just brilliant.

[@paulharries9558]

Exactly. There's a suggestion that he is miscast, but he is superb in this scene. Makes me think of those who decide who lives and dies in this world. What right have they to decide?

[@joebloggs396]

I find it overdone, very American over the top message ending. But overall very interesting film.

[@JoseFerreira-ms9xi]

@@joebloggs396 I disagree Hitchcock was english this is a critique to misinterpretation of Nietzsche super man

[@audreydaleski1067]

In real life he wasn't seen so kindly.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Mr favorite Hitchcock film. One died in prison killed in a fight. One got released and moved to Puerto Rico or somewhere.

[@estromberg5153]

Absolutely obsessed with Phillip's little high pitched 'noop' when Rupert goes for the gun at 1:00

[@guillermoguzman2953]

lol glad i wasn't the only one who noticed that

[@emanuilspasov3678]

Lmao never noticed that.

[@razordu30]

I will never not hear this now, lol

[@user-vr3ko2lc2n]

Just the way they film this movie makes you think that something is going to pop out at any moment. Great suspense and build up

[@maureenogorman8740]

Rupert's on a mighty high horse considering that this was done based on his ideas by his students. Clearly a bid by Brandon to impress Rupert by living out Rupert's dream

[@stickygumshoes2428]

Thank you! I’m glad someone finally said it.

[@viborgvee8399]

Yes he’s a hypocrite

[@CathyKitson]

That's what Rupert said. But you could certainly charge him with hypocrisy. But he said he was ashamed, that Brandon had made him ashamed of his conduct and that he thanked him for it.

[@BazukinBelyugovich]

I think that's the point - he realized a bit too late that playing around with foolish and dangerous ideas to young, impressionable, spoiled people who look up to him was a terrible idea.

[@Jack-hq4yq]

Let’s not equate ideas with action

[@tauraswitmi]

such an underated film

[@sheneefoster2451]

Notice how long the tales are!? Now you say one line and they start a new take

[@dentistjohn3223]

I said that before I even saw the comment, just watched it and I had to see the last scene again, amazing how Hitchcock can make a brilliant movie with such small set

[@CaptOrbit]

They cut out the final line. They cut out "They're coming for us Brandon."

[@keithharvey6354]

How do you know?

[@danielpatrick1518]

I guarantee this was on purpose, but he only shoots 3 shots into the street, and one shot was fired previously, leaving two if he needed to finish off the two guys

[@danielpatrick1518]

@@adamnoman4658 true!

[@RobertLeather]

Yes, it's a Colt Detective Special .38 Special with six round. When I was a young I always wondered if Stewart's character was wounded in the fight over the gun by the gas exhaust when it fired. But the .38 Special has about 15,000 PSI coming out that slim gap... so that would be quite the ouch, in fact he'd lost what was near the cylinder.

[@carl_anderson9315]

That’s exactly what I thought!

[@stjohnstorm]

That is brilliant! You have a creative “Hitchcock” intuition! 👍🏼❤️

[@taylormaddux8433]

@@RobertLeather Thanks for this info.

[@Sdfghjk442]

what an ending. What a great, great film

[@VoiceNerd]

Arguably my favorite Hitchock film. What it does in such a small space in various long shot scenes is incredible

[@taketemamula]

One the best Hitchcocks films for me.

[@stevemiller1345]

This and rear window. I love the sets

[@parkerfriends2219]

And when the cops broke into the room they arrested the grey shirted man instead of the murderers

[@Millienfilm81]

A beautifully crafted story and performance based on true events. The humans involved in this project MUST be given their flowers. Peace and Rest in Power to ALL, Hail Hitchcock!

[@deadlyd5865]

A perfect allegory for a potential confrontation between Nietzsche and Hitler.

[@franjes9999]

Out of curiosity who would you say Phillip and the other characters represent

[@paulharries9558]

The man who thought it and the man that did it.

[@tropismeholi7262]

No, it's not. God, shut up.

[@JoseFerreira-ms9xi]

@@paulharries9558 he thought it, he was misinterpreted

[@joeofmacabre07]

One of the rare movies that you don't need complicated setting to tell a thriller/suspense movie.

[@avivastudios2311]

5:00 Brandon looks really surprised to hear Ruperts rational take. Or maybe he feels betrayed. "How could you not support my decision to kill, dude."

[@douglasschliewen4302]

Improvisation and immersion was James Stewart's forte for sure. That is the mark of a quintessential actor!!!

[@BrooklynA785]

I love this movie, but I can't watch the ending without imagining that Jimmy Stewart accidentally shoots someone in the neighboring apartment when he fires the gun out the window at the end.

[@dentistjohn3223]

Anyone feel slightly bad for Phillip? even though he did strangle him

[@jonathancarlson6127]

No. I'm most angry with him- he knew it was wrong, but did it anyway. Branden was a narcissistic nut, one cannot excuse such behavior but he had no qualms about his deed, he was proud of it. Phillip could've saved David, but submitted. Shifted responsibility even. I look at Phillip as I do most of the Nuremberg group.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

Yes. The brilliance of Hitchcock in this movie is that he makes the audience complicit in the crime and perversely gets them to root for the killers.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

​@@jonathancarlson6127Basically the walrus and the carpenter.

[@marjjjeyy919]

this movie made me so anxious in a way i haven’t felt in a long time, so amazing holy cow. i remember being distraught and having to check how much time was left to make sure they were caught 😅

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

6:10 Alternate ending: the police show up and arrest Rupert for shooting 3 people on the street. The two other killers live happily ever after. The End.

[@coimbralaw]

Oh shut up. That’s not what happens at all. AT ALL.

[@taters8258]

@@coimbralaw joke

[@Rohloff807]

The bullets will go done somewhere and might hit somebody.

[@gkroll8467]

@@coimbralaw jimmy wearing a toupee

[@Nahobino777]

"Alright! Go ahead and look! I hope you like what you see!"

[@lrn_news9171]

Philip really gave it away. If it wasn't for his suspicious and peculiar behaviour, Rupert probably wouldn't have suspected anything. Brandon handled it like a champ.

[@franjes9999]

Yet the final nail was that he had the gun on him when he came back. If he didn't have it he wouldn't have pressed quite as hard imo

[@themoreyouknowfools4974]

He wanted to get caught. The ending made that obvious. In the last scene, when the cops are coming, he was just standing and drinking.

[@o.l4890]

@@themoreyouknowfools4974 Giga Chad ultra sigma rules

[@joebloggs396]

It's not made clear who was at fault for not getting rid of the hat.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Not so. Brandon enjoyed putting Philip on ede.

[@samuelwalker1410]

We watched this movie in my Metaphysics class. Absolutely amazing.

[@GODisNonProphet]

There is an edit at 5:34. ".....serve food from his (edit) grave......."

[@johns8249]

I never noticed that. Nice catch!

[@Googoogoth28]

What was it originally?

[@dilanmian7956]

@@Googoogoth28 Actually, the reason it cuts there is that at the time, the cameras could only function for a certain period of time, and Hitchcock was trying to make the movie flow as a single shot as if we're being pulled by a rope, so he had to carefully edit the movie. He would sometimes zoom in behind someone's back or the chest and then start a new shot or here at 5:34 when he straight up cut into a new one. It's done pretty smoothly too

[@Googoogoth28]

@@dilanmian7956 wow that's really clever, he did it perfectly! He was a master at directing!

[@kingamoeboid3887]

@@dilanmian7956 Every 20 minutes there were simple cuts because in the cinemas in the 40s they had to change reels every 20 minutes, so it looked like a single take but today when you can watch on any home media it's just a bunch of cuts. It doesn't actually look like a single take but due to how the reels transitioned in the 40s I believe it still counts. With its editing can you imagine if Alfred edited it himself. Akira Kurosawa edited Seven Samurai.

[@Morsoculi]

I love so much this scene. It’s an earthquake to moral, ethics and laws. And of course an earthquake to Nietzsche. Brandon like Dionisos prepare wine and the other guy in his Dostoievskys guilty.

[@JOHNizSiK]

My favorite movie. By far.

[@bartlett454]

I never tire of this thriller although I've seen it dozens of times. The performances by everyone is superlative and this final scene is incredible. Hitchcock was a master of suspense and he was also very supportive of the LGBT+ community - which I am pleasantly surprised - is awesome to know considering the time period. A marvelous film that is tight, intimate, and feels every bit like a stage play at a theatre. Truly, a master class in confident editing and film-making. James Stewart, Farley Granger, and John Dall are all at their peak talents in this picture.

[@BernardJMorgan]

The rope reveal made my stomach drop too, so intense

[@savannahs3524]

I love this film but the ending always confuses me a bit. Did Brandon or Philip twist his words at all? Rupert states his philosophy clearly more than once within the film in his own words. I don’t understand how he’s so shocked and disgusted at the end. I understand him not thinking his words would be taken literally but they were not twisted.

[@ironcross6719]

You don't understand why he was shocked and disgusted to find a murdered man in a trunk? It's easy to say "that guy should be killed!" and think you mean it, but actually seeing that person killed might make you think differently. His philosophy was wrong and that realization disgusted him.

[@johnmannino3100]

The thing is that he is their former school master, and someone that they thusly looked up to; Brandon especially took his words to heart. But the things Rupert taught he did so in an academic sense, enjoying the theoretical aspects of it, which whether or not controversial had other backing solely in academia by others who studied such concepts of inferiority and superiority. Rupert put it best when he says "By what right did you dare decide that that boy in there was inferior, and therefore could be killed". He never believed that he himself was one of the superiors he talked about, never believed the likes of Brandon and Phillip was one of the superior individuals, perhaps never believed any one actually truly could be one of these so-called superiors who could do such a thing as commit murder. Essentially Brandon in his psychotic belief in the "art" of things like murder was latching on to Rupert's words as an excuse to make the crime acceptable, to justify his behavior and bent psyche. So yes, Rupert's words were twisted in this act, seeing as they were made more than words which were only meant to be philosophical meaning into words with real world application. Hence Rupert chooses to abandon his own teachings at the end of the film.

[@moonbeans7042]

It's essentially like a lecturer arguing to some students from a philosophical standpoint that overpopulation could be a problem in society and that perhaps something should be done about it by society or government. And then discovering the two students had gone on to poison a water supply to lower the population. Their actions would be based on his theories but in a sick and brutal way he would not countenance.

[@paulharries9558]

Actions speak louder than words.

[@guillermoguzman2953]

I was thinking the same thing

[@wetbadger2174]

Brandon is sus

[@sirbiz336]

This reminds of today's events in Idaho may those people rest in peace 🙏🏾

[@avikghosh7061]

For me, if someone is to be labeled as the 'villain' here, it is Rupert, to the greatest extent. The way he's reacting here as St. Rupert, and distancing himself from them, is as if to repel the guilt that'd follow hence. In today's context, he's basically a dank memer, and Brandon and Phillip are two of his subscribes who take him too seriously. I get it that he's actually good at heart, but the 'morbid' things he used to preach but didn't mean should have come with a little disclaimer from him in the beginning. This should be a lesson for all of us, because you never know who's looking up to you.

[@maureenogorman8740]

I agree 💯. Rupert is the mastermind of all this.

[@stickygumshoes2428]

Absolutely! They didn’t twist his words at all, they followed them.

[@namyarasree]

A very psychologic movie, about the concept of so called superior and inferior races. Rupert taught it to his pupils, who unfortunately, accomplished the actof murder for good...! One of the best Hitchcock...!!!

[@taylormaddux8433]

Read the play after seeing this, and was interested to learn that Rupert's character was a gay man, which added an interesting dynamic to his relationship with his "pupils". Unfortunately, they had to remove that aspect from Stewart's characterization.

[@HURT108]

@@taylormaddux8433 there seemed to be some undertone imo between Philip and Brandon. They just seemed unnaturally close, in terms of physical spacing, when discussing things.

[@neliaferreira9983]

Noone speaks of superior/inferior "races". They speak of "people". "Individuals".

[@pickledidiot4569]

@@taylormaddux8433 hitchcock originally wanted cary grant, but he turned it down because there were enough gay rumours about him already, so stewart stepped in. in an interview arthur laurents (the screenwritter) said rupert was supposed to be ‘head homosexual’ but jimmy stewart didn’t really bring that kind of vibe to the role, not his thing lol

[@mashenkahazel]

Masterpiece❤🎉

[@NoBonesNoLife]

He’s got it. He knows. ROPE! It’s over for you ;)

[@jakobmarston-galarza3009]

Powerful stuff, ever more relevant these days.

[@JamieZero7]

This is just a great film.

[@darthbaggins007]

One of Hitchcock’s best

[@M-J-qn8td]

At the Private school my parents sent me, I was bullied by a sadistic psychopath exactly like those in the film, who kept telling me he would kill me (since I was an inferior unworthy of living) and get away with it since I was so much unimportant that there would be no Police investigation and all teachers thought of him to be a model student and an immaculate angel (he was the greatest hypocrite I ever encountered in my life). I was absolutely terrified because i didn't know what to do: break his face and being expulsed and sent to the military college by my parents , kill him first and be arrested for sure...since I had a motive. During the previous summer I had seen "The Rope" so you imagine how stressed i was. At first I just wrote everything down in a personal diary in the hope that someone would read it and there would be a police investigation if I die. One day we had a fight (he was again trying to steel me something, but i fought back), he became hysterical (he even cried) and swore he'd kill me. And he repeated his threat the morning after. I thought my hour had come and I was carrying a knife, terrified that he could ambush and kill me, that i might kill or harm him while thinking I'm saving my life. Finally, one day i thought i had no choice to go break his face...even though I could end up in the army. But then, came a surprise: one morning he told me he won't bully me anymore...(he didn't talk about the killing ). I was sure it was a trick, therefore I didn't lower my guard (and kept my knife on me). And days pass, then weeks, and finally High School ended up and I saw him only in a video rental store after , acting as if we were the best of friends! You can be sure i didn't tell him anything about where I work, live or anything else! Never knew why he changed his mind but I think I had a "guardian angel" who went to the acting director (who had a less pro-bullies bias than those who preceded or succeeded him) and told him everything. If this "guardian angel" is the one I think, he had high grades and was well liked by the director who would listen to him (not to me since I was the "expandable" type of students in directors eyes). The director probably talked to the Psychopath who then knew the director didn't think he was an immaculate angel anymore...and might suspect him if I get killed. I didn't succeed finding my "guardian angel" to thank him since he's not on Facebook.

[@anwereditor]

I wonder how quality in 1948 was like these days 😲😲

[@Trip_Fontaine]

Such a brilliant movie. I love how Hitchcock perversely makes the audience root for Brandon and Phillip despite the fact that they are vicious sadistic killers.

[@Glory-Compass]

one of the few movies where i was actually rooting for the bad guys

[@jasonpoole2093]

Uh Rupert, they had a telephone, you know.

[@BarrySmith70]

These guys got it made. They were wealthy, had a beautiful apartment and good careers going for them. It really doesn’t make sense committing a murder no matter how superior they think they are.

[@hannipede]

what are you trying to say.....the stories based on a real murder case. reality isnt dependent on things making sense to you.

[@Jake-nd4gx]

Well if you watch the movie there’s a scene where they basically explain their philosophy and why they feel justified in committing the murder.

[@donnar9864]

Watch a documentary on Leopold and Loeb, true crime that this movie is loosely based on...

[@bbmcrae]

Yeah, it's almost like it's fodder for some kind of drama told as a play and a movie.

[@MeepsNcheese]

I just *hear* John Mulaney

[@LakeFX]

"Old gay cat"

[@Shetan258]

I realized that Rupert probably shot 3 three people by randomly shooting out the window. Not a very intellectual thing to do.

[@joebloggs396]

People say that now but it was likely not known how dangerous that would be back then.

[@lukasnummer1]

@@joebloggs396 Right, nobody in the late 40s could have ever thought that randomly firing gunshots out of a window in a city apartment could potentially be dangerous.

[@joebloggs396]

@@lukasnummer1 Not nobody, but it's not really a relevant point in the film anyway. It's for dramatic effect. You see people firing shots up in the air in various films as a sign of celebration or whatever. You could see it as an emergency measure here to make a loud noise to get attention. He was probably more worried about his own safety than others. But picking apart things like this in films seems pointless to me.

[@ethanpark3578]

What movie is this

[@ritap5053]

I think its called Rope

[@michaelloparco2173]

2:58 The WEF in a nutshell

[@keithharvey6354]

John Dall has a profile like Ben Affleck.

[@emuplayers5942]

Fact: This Was Early Film That Took in One Shot Camera For Example,Look At The Scene Carefuly,You See The Camera Move Along The Action

[@adamnoman4658]

Not fact.

[@callmesalticidae]

There were multiple shots, stitched together with clever shooting. You can see how two of them were stitched together in this very video.

[@bbmcrae]

Fact: you don't have to capitalize every first letter like a crazy person.

[@frankuraku5622]

Everytime they pan the camera down their backs it's techinically a cut. The camera can only handle 10 minutes of the film.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Cat and mouse cat and mouse. Who's the cat and whose the mouse.

[@LakeFX]

7:08 if you're here from John Mulaney.

[@CCRoxtar]

6:10 Rupert fires 3 shots out the window.

[@TheLoveThief-fk2nn]

those bullet are gonna land somewhere

[@hatednyc]

I would have thrown him out immediately after the cigarette case is “found.” Then again I wouldn’t have let him back up in the first place. These 2 were morons.

[@therealpinoyhapa]

Spolier alert if you haven't seen the movie.

[@glibhehe]

1:06

[@katbrown1449]

I sort of wanted dthem to won.i m into antiheros latelyits so dull for the good guys to always win. Even if o ll always have a crush on Jimmy Stewart anyway

[@andrewfield5656]

In a way it’s Ruperts fault partly. He warped them.

[@bobhope9909]

And Jimmy Stuart weren't scared of no gangsters either, in real life.....

[@brandonallen3808]

And to think, there's people like Brandon and Phillip in real life.

[@thorstrebla980]

Democrats?

[@brandonallen3808]

@@thorstrebla980 Well I wasn't going that route, but now that you mentioned it.

[@tentringer4065]

@@thorstrebla980 Objectivists

[@thorstrebla980]

@@tentringer4065 Any adjective to excuse indecency, which is, of course, subjective in nature. Until one becomes the victim of an objectivist's whims. Then it feels objectively wrong.

[@M-J-qn8td]

There was one at High School and I was his target.

[@viktoriabentham8664]

Lots of stupid in the comment section on this one, tread lightly. Other than that the 'murder' can symbolize any act deemed immoral by the collective into which an individual is born, there's really no hidden meaning or allegory in this, it is what it is. Rupert hits every point on the head outright. Morality is established by a culture and collective.

[@avanishdutta2658]

It was those two murderer's hypocrisy that thet were superior and they were obligated to remove an inferior man from the face of the earth just because....superiority. Instead Hitchcock actually shows both of them were hypocritical and only killed the man because of jealousy and anger because they didn't like what the man did to them inadvertently. Those feelings rose in them, quietly seeping through the cracks to establish the thought of murder and when they did it, they thought of superiority and inferiority as the reason for doing so.

[@stuartlee6622]

Starring Pete Buttiget and Anderson Cooper as the "boys". Miss Barry Manilow as the Professor ess

[@stuartlee6622]

Hillary Clinton as The Witch.

[@karllieck9064]

Or yo mama.

[@hannipede]

heavy-handed speech mars an otherwise solid film. like the end shot of psycho, no idea how people enjoy it

[@joebailey8294]

Works for me honestly

[@coimbralaw]

Are you on drugs?

[@taters8258]

@@coimbralaw he’s right

[@dynamictunez7305]

This movie is so awesome

[@tss77]

Think about the use of the words inferior people and what that means then and now