I Confess (film)
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I Confess is a 1953 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Montgomery Clift as Fr. Michael William Logan, a Catholic priest, Anne Baxter as Ruth Grandfort, and Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue. The film is based on a 1902 French play by Paul Anthelme called Nos Deux Consciences, a play Hitchcock saw in the 1930s. The screenplay was written by George Tabori.
Plot
Otto Kellar (O. E. Hasse) and his wife Alma (Dolly Haas) work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Québec, Canada. While robbing a house where he gardens, Otto is surprised and inadvertently murders the owner. Feeling guilty, he confesses to Father Michael William Logan (Montgomery Clift) back at the church.Father Logan has secrets of his own. An old girlfriend (from before he was a priest) was being blackmailed by the murdered man. Police investigators, finding out about the priest's past, begin to suspect Father Logan as he refuses to reveal his relationship with the woman and what he has been told in the confessional.
Reaction
The film is considered a favorite among French New Wave film makers, according to filmmaker/historian Peter Bogdanovich.Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Clift | Fr. Michael William Logan |
| Anne Baxter | Ruth Grandfort |
| Karl Malden | Inspector Larrue |
| Brian Aherne | Willy Robertson |
| Roger Dann | Pierre Grandfort |
| Dolly Haas | Alma Keller |
| Charles Andre | Fr. Millars |
| O.E. Hasse | Otto Keller |
See also
Le Confessional, a 1995 film which dramatizes the filming of I Confess as the backdrop for a thematically-related story.Reference
I Confess DVD documentaryExternal links
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