5 Movies Starring Farley Granger

Rope

Rope

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-08-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(88618 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Hume Cronyn (adapted by)

Patrick Hamilton (from the play by)

Arthur Laurents (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancèe Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.

Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (289 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Robson

Cast:

Writer:

Leo Brady (novel)

Philip Yordan

Fullplot:

A poor and alienated young man (Farley Granger) who is driven to murder when a priest refuses to give is deceased mother an expensive funeral. The film explores the crippling poverty that has prevented the youth from marrying or providing his mother with enough comforts, and has led to his crime. Dana Andrews plays the compassionate assistant of the slain priest who brings about the tormented killer's repentance.

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-06-30

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (86343 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Raymond Chandler (screen play)

Czenzi Ormonde (screen play)

Whitfield Cook (adaptation)

Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2464 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Vidor

Cast:

Writer:

Moss Hart (screenplay)

Myles Connolly (based on a story by)

Fullplot:

A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid".

Senso

Senso

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-07-08

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3808 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Luchino Visconti (story)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (story)

Camillo Boito (novel)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Luchino Visconti (screenplay)

Carlo Alianello (collaboration)

Giorgio Bassani (collaboration)

Giorgio Prosperi (collaboration)

Tennessee Williams (dialogue collaborator)

Paul Bowles (dialogue collaborator)

Fullplot:

Venezia, spring of 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation. A performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration, organised by Count Ussoni. His cousin Countess Serpieri falls in love with vile Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler, but the times are changing.

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