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I Confess
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I Confess is a 1953 American black-and-white film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay was written by George Tabori, with music composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. The cast includes Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, and Brian Aherne. Robert Burks served as director of photography, while Rudi Fehr edited the film. Ted Haworth was the production designer.
The movie is categorized as a crime, drama, film noir, and thriller. Its narrative is set in Quebec City, Canada, with filming locations including Quebec City, Château Frontenac, and Hollywood. The original languages are English, French, Italian, and German. Warner Bros. Entertainment produced and distributed the film, which is also available via Netflix on video on demand. The runtime is 95 minutes.
Review scores for the film include 7/10, 81%, 68/100, 7.082, and 7.2. It has been assessed against the Bechdel test. Keywords associated with the plot include police, confession, blackmail, and suspicion of murder. The tagline asks, "If you knew what he knew what would you do?"
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7.1When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.
Cast
- Montgomery Clift as Fr. Michael William Logan
- Anne Baxter as Ruth Grandfort
- Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue
- Brian Aherne as Willy Robertson
- O.E. Hasse as Otto Keller
- Roger Dann as Pierre Grandfort
Themes
- police
- confession
- blackmail
- suspicion of murder
- quebec
- flashback
- film noir
- murder
- caretaker
- priest
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- George Tabori , William Archibald
- Based on
- Nos deux consciences , 1902 play, by Paul Anthelme
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Starring
- Montgomery Clift , Anne Baxter , Karl Malden , Brian Aherne , O. E. Hasse
- Cinematography
- Robert Burks
- Edited by
- Rudi Fehr
- Music by
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Production company
- Transatlantic Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- February 12, 1953 ( 1953-02-12 ) (Quebec City)
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $2 million (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast member
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Producer
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Robert Burks
- Narrative location
- Quebec City
- Filming location
- Hollywood
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 723503
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Montgomery Clift in I Confess trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- I Confess (film)
- publication date
- 1953-02-18
- film editor
- Rudi Fehr
- title
- I Confess
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Ted Haworth
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 68/100
- box office
- 2000000
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Encyclopedic overview
I Confess is a 1953 American film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Montgomery Clift as Catholic priest Father Michael William Logan, Anne Baxter as Ruth Grandfort, and Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue.
The film is based on a 1902 French play by Paul Anthelme titled Nos deux consciences (Our Two Consciences), which Hitchcock saw in the 1930s. The screenplay was written by George Tabori.
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