Alfred Hitchcock's I confess / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by George Tabori and William Archibald ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 31863 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004]Copyright date: Ã1953Copyright date: Ã2004Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 079078971X
- 0790797151 (Signature collection)
- 9780790789712
- 9780790797151 (Signature collection)
- I confess
- I confess (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Robert Burks ; art director, Edward S. Haworth ; film editor, Rudi Fehr ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; wardrobe by Orry-Kelly ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the turn-of-the-century play Our Two Consciences by Paul Anthelme, Hitchcock's I Confess is set in Quebec. Montgomery Clift plays a priest who hears the confession of church sexton O.E. Hasse. "I...killed...a man" whispers Hasse in tight closeup--and, bound by the laws of the Confessional, Clift is unable to turn Hasse over to the police. But police-inspector Karl Malden has a pretty good idea who the guilty party is: all evidence points to Clift. It seems that the dead man had been blackmailing Anne Baxter, who was once in a factually innocent, but seemingly exploitable compromising position with Clift. Tried for murder, Clift is released due to lack of evidence, but he is ruined in the eyes of the community. Then it is Hasse's turn to make that One Fatal Error. I Confess is frequently dismissed as a lesser Hitchcock, due mainly to the quirky performance of Montgomery Clift (who, it is said, steadfastly refused to take direction). Today, four decades removed from its on-set intrigues, the film has taken its place as one of the best of Hitchcock's "between the classics" efforts. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the play : Nos Deux Consciences / by Paul Anthelme (i.e. Paul Bourde).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Special features: Hitchcock's confession : a look at I Confess (making-of featurette, 21 min.); Gala Canadian premiere for "I Confess" (Quebec film premiere newsreel, 1 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; art director, Edward S. Haworth ; film editor, Rudi Fehr ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; wardrobe by Orry-Kelly ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, O.E. Hasse, Roger Dann, Dolly Haas, Charles Andre.
A priest hears a murderer's confession and then becomes the murder suspect himself.
Not rated.
DVD; standard version; dual-layer; region 1; Dolby digital mono.
In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.