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Release Date:
22 March 1953 (USA)
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FILMED IN CANADA'S COLORFUL QUEBEC BY WARNER BROS. (original print ad - all caps) more
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Refusing to give into police investigators' questions of suspicion, due to the seal of confession, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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(5 articles)
The Forgotten: Loose Talk
(From The Auteurs. 5 November 2009, 2:58 AM, PST)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
(From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
(From The Auteurs. 5 November 2009, 2:58 AM, PST)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/03/2009
(From Fangoria. 31 October 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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Atypical Hitchcock
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 | ... | Fr. Millars |
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Alfred Hitchcock's 'I Confess!' (USA) (promotional title)
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95 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Spain:18 |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (1988) |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Peru:18 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #16036) |
West Germany:12
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Director Cameo: [Alfred Hitchcock]crossing the top of a staircase during the opening sequence.
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Anachronisms: In the scene where Ruth is watching the postman walk past her house, set during World War II, the cars parked on the street are all 1950s models.
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Featured in The Hitchcocks on Hitch (2004) (V)
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Love, Look What You've Done To Me
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"I Confess" is one of Alfred Hitchcock's least famous films, and it's easy to see why: there is no mystery (we know who the killer is right from the start); there is some suspense but no major set-pieces; there is very little humor (no Cary Grant-type wisecracks here). The movie is a somber psychological drama, and the story of a forbidden love, and perhaps a Christ allegory (the priest has to suffer for another man's sins - he has to bear his own cross). I wouldn't rank it among Hitchcock's best, but it certainly has some of the best acting you can find in a Hitchcock film: Montgomery Clift is superb in a difficult role, Anne Baxter is warm and utterly believable as the woman who is consumed by her love for him, and Karl Malden is perfectly cast as the nosy (no pun intended) inspector on the case. (**1/2)