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Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York City 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 Davids father, his fiancée Janet, and their old schoolteacher Rupert, from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.
Upscale New York college students, friends and roommates Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan have just strangled their long time friend David Kentley to death in their apartment. They did it solely to show their superiority as humans both by being able to carry out such a crime without being caught, and by disregarding the life of who they consider an inferior being. While Brandon feels exhilarated by their act, Phillip is nervous, even more so by Brandons plan: to hide Davids dead body in an unlocked trunk in their living room, the trunk which will be front and center at a dinner party they will hold that evening, before they dispose of the body after the party. The guest list is also Brandons way of showing his superior intellect, as he doesnt expect to be caught despite it including: David himself, who obviously will not show up; Kenneth Lawrence, Davids best friend; Janet Walker, Davids current girlfriend, and Kens ex; Henry Kentley, Davids father; and Mrs. Atwater, a visiting friend of Mr. Kentleys. Although Phillip is nervous enough by the presence of any of these guests as well their loyal housekeeper Mrs. Wilson, he is most nervous by their last guest, Rupert Cadell, their former prep school house master, who they consider their intellectual equal, and who had in the past stated openly that murder can be justified in certain circumstances. At the party, Brandon prides himself in the open innuendo of the discussion which makes sense if one knows about Davids murder. The question becomes whether this innuendo or any other issue will unmask Brandon and Phillips act and thus make it less than the perfect murder they assume it is.
James Stewart
Rupert Cadell
John Dall
Brandon
Farley Granger
Phillip
Dick Hogan
David Kentley
Edith Evanson
Mrs. Wilson
Douglas Dick
Kenneth
Joan Chandler
Janet
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Kentley
Constance Collier
Mrs. Atwater
Alfred Hitchcock
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