Fresh
A good, workmanlike thriller, I Confess is only fair-to-middling Hitchcock.
TIME Magazine
I Confess
If you knew what he knew what would you do?
1953 · 1h 35m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
When 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.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- 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
- Dolly Haas as Alma Keller
- Charles Andre as Fr. Millars
- Nan Boardman as Maid (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Alfred Hitchcock's famous talent for brewing a mood of fine suspense with clever direction and cutting is spent on a nigh suspenseless script.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
The movie is more interesting than achieved: it's the most forthright statement of the transference theme in Hitchcock's work, but it's also the least nuanced.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
While Hitchcock short-changes on the expected round of suspense for which he is noted, he does bring out a number of topflight performances and gives the picture an interesting polish that is documentary at times.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
It's heavy going at times...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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