I Confess (1953)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film, thriller film, flashback film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 490 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Catholic priest in Quebec City hears a murderer's confession and becomes the prime suspect for the crime. He cannot break the seal of the confessional to prove his innocence, leading to a moral and legal crisis.

tensesombermethodicalclaustrophobicmorally conflictedstatelysuspensefulgloomy

What happens

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. Filming took place largely on location in Quebec City with numerous shots of the city landscape and interiors of its churches, especially St. Zéphirin's and other emblematic buildings, such as the Château Frontenac. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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