Rope | |
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Genre | thriller |
Based on | Rope (play) 1927 play by Patrick Hamilton |
Directed by | William Sterling |
Starring | Bruce Beeby Roger Climpson June Collis |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | William Sterling |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 21 August 1957[1] | (Sydney, live)
Release | 20 September 1957[2] | (Melbourne, tape)
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Rope is a 1957 Australian television film based on the play Rope by Patrick Hamilton. It was presented in real time.[3][4]
Broadcast live in Sydney, it was kinescoped/telerecorded for showing in Melbourne (these were the only Australian cities with TV at the time). Based on the play by Patrick Hamilton, it aired in a 70-minute time-slot on non-commercial ABC.
It was one of several Patrick Hamilton adaptations done on Australian television.[5] It was also arguably one of the first depictions of queer characters on Australian television.[6] Murder mysteries were popular subjects for Australian television plays.[7]