I Confess

I Confess

1953 · 95 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (376 votes)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, O.E. Hasse, Roger Dann · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

If you knew what he knew what would you do?

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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.

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A gripping, morally complex thriller where a priest's sacred vow pits him against a murder investigation. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and existential dread, making for a truly agonizing watch.

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