ROPE

RUPERT :

Brandon. 

Brandon, I'm tired.

And in a way, I'm frightened too, 

but I don't want to fence any more.

What are you going to do?

I don't want to, but I'm gonna look 

inside that chest.

Are you crazy?

I hope so. 

With all My Heart, 

I hope I'm crazy.

This has nothing to do with you.

I've got to look inside that chest.

All right! 

Go ahead and look.

I hope you like what you see.

Oh, no. No!

Rupert —

I couldn't believe it was True.

Rupert, please —

Please what?

Listen to Me. 

Let Me Explain.

Do you think 

you can explain that?

Yes, to you I can, 

because you'll understand.

Understand?

Rupert, remember the discussion we had before with Mr. Kentley?

Yes.

Remember we said,

"The Lives of Inferior Beings 

are Unimportant"?

Remember we said -

we've always said, You and I-

That Moral Concepts of 

Good and Evil

and 

Right and Wrong

don't hold for

The Intellectually Superior.

Remember, Rupert?

Yes, I remember.

That's all we've done.

That's all Phillip 

and I have done.

He and I have lived what

You and I Have Talked.

I knew you'd understand,

because you have to, don't you see? 

You have to.

Brandon -

Brandon, till this very moment,

This World and The People in it

have always been 

Dark and Incomprehensible to me, 

and I've tried to clear

My Way with Logic, and 

Superior Intellect.

And you've thrown 

my own words right 

back in my face, Brandon.

You were right to.

If nothing else, A Man

should Stand by His Words.

But you've given My Words 

A Meaning that I never

dreamed of!

And you've tried to twist them

into a cold, logical excuse

for your ugly murder!

Well, they never were that, Brandon,

and you can't make them that.

There must have been something 

deep inside you from the very start,

that let you do this thing,

but there's always been

something deep inside me

that would never let me do it...

and would never let me 

be a party to it now.

What do you mean?

I mean that tonight you've made me ashamed of every concept I ever had of superior or inferior beings.

But I thank you for that shame,

because now I Know that We are each of us a separate Human Being,

Brandon, with the right to live

and work and think

as individuals, but with an obligation

to The Society we live in.

By What Right

do you dare say that there's 

a superior few to which you belong?

By What Right 

Did You DARE Decide 

that that boy in there was inferior 

and Therefore Could Be Killed?

Did You Think 

You Were God, Brandon?

Is that what you thought when you Choked the Life out of Him?

Is that what you thought when you 

Served Food from His Grave?

I don't know what you thought,

but I know what you've done.

You've murdered!

You've strangled 

a fellow Human Being,

who could Live and Love

as you never could,

and never will again.

What are you doing?

It's not what I'm going to do.

It's what Society's going to do.

I don't know what that will be,

but I can guess.

And I can help.

You're going to DIE,

Brandon, both of you!

You're Going to Die.

Was that a gun?

Yes, I heard three shots.

Yeah, they came

from up there.

I think somebody

better call the police.

Did anyone hear

any shots fired?

Can I use your phone?

Here comes a squad car now.

They're coming.