I Confess
If you knew what he knew what would you do?
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2/13/1953Runtime
95 minsOverview
Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.
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A Hitchcock thriller that traps its protagonist in an impossible moral dilemma: a priest is falsely accused of murder but cannot defend himself without violating the seal of confession. The film is a study in mounting dread and conscience, unfolding with noir-touched precision.
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Heads up
Montgomery Clift
Fr. Michael William Logan
Anne Baxter
Ruth Grandfort
Karl Malden
Inspector Larrue
Brian Aherne
Willy Robertson
O.E. Hasse
Otto Keller
Roger Dann
Pierre Grandfort
Dolly Haas
Alma Keller
Charles Andre
Father Millars
Nan Boardman
Maid (uncredited)
Henry Corden
Det. Sgt. Farouche (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Ovila Légaré
Monsieur Villette (uncredited)
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