Play written by Patrick Hamilton, originally published in 1929, available in reprints and anthologies.
Also sometimes known as Rope’s End.

Was also filmed in 1948, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart using a screenplay written by Hume Cronyn, Arthur Laurents, and Ben Hecht.

1.  Novels and plays by Patrick Hamilton.

2.  Biography/Criticism of Patrick Hamilton:

 The Light Went Out, Bruce Hamilton:  Constable, 1972.

4.  Novels about the Leopold/Loeb case:

Compulsion by Meyer Levin:  Carroll and Graf, 1996.

Semblance of Balance by Wayne F. Nielson:  Sterling House, 2002.

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