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I Confess (1953)

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If you knew what he knew what would you do?

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
  • Profile picture of Montgomery Clift
    Fr. Michael William Logan Montgomery Clift
  • Profile picture of Anne Baxter
    Ruth Grandfort Anne Baxter
  • Profile picture of Karl Malden
    Inspector Larrue Karl Malden
  • Profile picture of Brian Aherne
    Willy Robertson Brian Aherne
  • Profile picture of O.E. Hasse
    Otto Keller O.E. Hasse
  • Profile picture of Roger Dann
    Pierre Grandfort Roger Dann
  • Profile picture of Dolly Haas
    Alma Keller Dolly Haas
  • Profile picture of Charles Andre
    Father Millars Charles Andre

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