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I Confess

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I Confess
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NR,1hr 35min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1952
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden  ...more
Synopsis: Based on the turn-of-the-century play Our Two Consciences by Paul Anthelme, Hitchcock's I Confess is set in Quebec. Montgomery Clift plays a priest who hears the confession of church sexton O.E. Hasse. "I...killed...a man" whispers Hasse in tight closeup--and, bound by the laws of the Confessional, Clift is unable to turn Hasse over to the police. But police-inspector Karl Malden has a pretty good idea who the guilty party is: all evidence points to Clift. It seems that the dead man had been blackmailing ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
A middling effort from Hitchcock, apparently attempting to adapt to the faux-documentary style then fashionable for crime stories, it features an interesting, turn by Clift. The film literalizes the symbolism of Catholic clergy as the representatives of Christ, with Clift's priest taking on the guilt for a murder due to the sanctity of the confessional. It's difficult to understand why the director ... Full Review
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Montgomery Clift
Father Michael William Logan
Anne Baxter
Ruth Grandfort
Karl Malden
Inspector Larrue
Brian Aherne
Willy Robertson, Attorney
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