I Confess

An Alfred Hitchcock film with very little action or suspense, this moral issue- drama still maintains interest for the most part. Montgomery Clift is intriguing as "Father William Logan," a Catholic priest from Quebec who hears a murder confession, is... Full review

"I Confess" is one of Alfred Hitchcock's least famous films, and it's easy to see why: there is no mystery (we know who the killer is right from the start); there is some suspense but no major set-pieces; there is... Full review

I Confess's story takes place in Quebec City, Canada is adapted from the French story Nos Deux Consciences. And the whole thing is about a priest's conscience. Does he keep his vows even at the cost of his own freedom... Full review

Hitchcock's exploration of martyrdom is not one of his best movies, but if one is interested in his films, this movie comes across as one of Hitch's most personal projects. The premise is simple: a priest hears a murder's confession... Full review

This may not be one of Hitchcock's greatest movies, but it's still a great film, since it was made by the master, who somehow managed to survive beautifully in Hollywood for many years. It contains many of his favorite things:... Full review

Hitch returns to one of his favourite themes - the innocent man wrongfully accused - but fails this time to achieve the level of suspense he has achieved in his more deservedly famous movies.The story was old, even in 1952... Full review

"I Confess" is merely an average entry in Alfred Hitchcock's filmography, but it is a pretty good film by any other standard. It has some basic weaknesses, but also some major strengths that make it worthwhile. The basic story is... Full review

"I Confess" is a strong candidate for Hitchcock's most forgotten film. It never gets mentioned in any Hitchcock documentaries or when discussing about his movies. The film doesn't offer the usual amount of excitement or thrilling entertainment than his better... Full review

If the transfer of culpability was a basic theme in Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," it furnished the provocative dilemma to "I Confess."A German refugee, Keller (O.E. Hasse), murders a lawyer named Vilette (Ovila Legare) when he is caught stealing...... Full review

It's never been satisfactorily explained why this wasn't a commercial success. It's not a bad film. Nor is it good in an inaccessible way. Hitchcock's explanations for its failure aren't at all convincing... Non-Catholics don't know about the seal of... Full review

Who's really the killer is one of several mysteries that helped "I Confess" perform quite well at the box office. Shot largely on location in Quebec City, "I Confess" is a truly gorgeous film, recalling the brooding, high-contrast cinematography of German Expressionism, and containing numerous sequences that would still function without existing narration; the first half of "I Confess" is a marvelously visual film, while the second tier recalls the extended and rather dreary courtroom arguments of "The Par ... Full Review

I Confess is far from perfect and this is what makes it one of the more fascinating Hitchcock movies to discuss. Explaining what's good about Alfred Hitchcock can sometimes seem pointless, as many of the benchmarks for directing excellence seem to have been drafted from his example. ... Full Review

On the flip side from the film's tantalizing study of the "silence of God" are the traditionally Hitchcockian flourishes.....The bitter irony of I Confess is....Perhaps it's because the suspense of I Confess is never really pleasant in the slightest.....I Confess is as formally stuffed and playful as the best Hitchcock films.... ... Full Review

A great film to spark discussion and entertaining at the same time. This is an intense film well played by the cast; it will draw you in and make you part of the story to the nail-biting end. The direction by Alfred Hitchcock was diabolically good. ... Full Review

The French critics loved I Confess , whereas Americans were cool in their reception. Embodying the latter, Karl Malden is excellent - passionate, sly, physically threatening, yet believing in the rightness of his manoeuvring. ... Full Review

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ADVERTISEMENT WE HAVE SAID THAT children must honor their parents as the natural and therefore the closest representatives of God. I should consider it unreasonable and dangerous to invert this proposition and to say that parents should feel and act... ... Full Article

Every suspense film needs a twist, something to make the moviewell, suspenseful . Usually, the twist shows up about a third of the way through the film: the dead body in Dial M for Murder , the British traitor in... ... Full Article

American critics consider this 1953 effort one of Hitchcock's least films, but French critics consider it one of his very best. On a technical level, it's superb; it contains perhaps the most flagrantly beautiful black-and-white cinematography of any Hitchcock film ... Full Article

Based on a 1902 play, I CONFESS is built around the fact that a Catholic priest may not divulge information heard in the confessional, even if that information pertains to the solving of a criminal case. ... Full Article