Leopold and Loeb
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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, together known as Leopold and Loeb, were two American murderers who kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United S
Leopold (right) and Loeb in August 1924
Bobby Franks
The ransom letter
Defense attorney Clarence Darrow
Rope (film)
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Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, inspired by the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a scre
Leopold and Loeb
…nature of the perpetrators' relationship without stating it outright. These works include the 1929 play Rope by Patrick Hamilton, and Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name in 1948. A fictionalized version of the events formed the basis of Meyer Levin's 1956 novel Compulsion and its 1959 film adaptation. In 1957, two more…
Theatrical release poster
A still from Rope (1948)
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