I Confess

"If you knew what he knew what would you do?"

1953 1h 35m EN

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7.1

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7.2

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★7.1TMDB · 501🍅84%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 25,584

DramaThrillerCrime

Synopsis

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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.

“If you knew what he knew what would you do?”

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Cast

Montgomery Clift
Fr. Michael William Logan
Anne Baxter
Ruth Grandfort
Karl Malden
Inspector Larrue
Brian Aherne
Willy Robertson
O.E. Hasse
Otto Keller
Roger Dann
Pierre Grandfort
Dolly Haas
Alma Keller
Charles Andre
Father Millars

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: William Archibald, George Tabori
Languages: English, Italian, French
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Robert Burks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Rudi Fehr shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter and Karl Malden carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you knew what he knew what would you do?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0045897 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alfred Hitchcock directs. Robert Burks behind the camera. Dimitri Tiomkin scores. Rudi Fehr cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian, French.

Trivia

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173 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.
3Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Robert Burks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Rudi Fehr shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter and Karl Malden carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "If you knew what he knew what would you do?".
8IMDB entry: tt0045897 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 23 themes, including "police", "confession", "blackmail", "suspicion of murder".