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John Dall

John Dall

Biography

John Dall (May 26, 1918 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor.

Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles; the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rope, and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 noir Gun Crazy.

He first came to fame as the young prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Dall was born John Jenner Thompson in New York City, New York, the second son of Charles Jenner Thompson, a civil engineer, and his wife Henry (née Worthington). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.

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Taut as a No Capitalized: Hitchcock’s Rope Still Strangles with Suspense

on Rope | Aug 27, 2025

Ever wonder how far audacity can stretch before it snaps? Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948) tests that limit, weaving a psychological noose around two young men who commit a murder just to see if they ca... Read more

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