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Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.

Brandon

Rope · 1948

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Right and wrong Good and evil Morality Middle class values

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Psychological thriller (film)Thriller (film)Psychological thriller Thriller

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1948

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Brandon

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Rope. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Transatlantic Pictures, 1948.

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