I Confess

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock

Overview

"Alfred Hitchcock directs Montgomery Clift in the thriller I Confess, which can be seen in a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this DVD from Warner Bros. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Supplemental materials include a documentary on the making of the film and the theatrical trailer. This fine DVD is also available as a part of the nine-disc Alfred Hitchcock: The Signature Collection."

Product Details

Release Date:	09/07/2004
UPC:	0085393186326
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	25,932

Special Features

Closed Caption;New making-of documentary "Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess"; Premiere newsreel; Theatrical trailer; Subtitles: English, Français, & Español

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Montgomery Clift	Pater Logan
Anne Baxter	Ruth Grandfort
Karl Malden	Larrue
Brian Aherne	Robertson
O.E. Hasse	Otto Keller,Actor
Dolly Haas	Alma Keller
Roger Dann	Pierre Grandfort
Charles Andre	Father Millais
Nan Boardman	Maid
Henry Corden	Farouche
Alfred Hitchcock	Actor
Judson Pratt	Murphy, a policeman
Ovila Légaré	Vilette, the lawyer
Gilles Pelletier	Father Benoit
Carmen Gingras	First French Girl
Albert Godderis	Night Watchman
Dimitri Tiomkin	Composer

Technical Credits

George Tabori

William Archibald

Alfred Hitchcock	Director,Producer
Sidney Bernstein	Producer
George Tabori	Screenwriter
William Archibald	Screenwriter
Oliver Garretson	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

A middling effort from Hitchcock, apparently attempting to adapt to the faux-documentary style then fashionable for crime stories, it features an interesting, turn by Clift. The film literalizes the symbolism of Catholic clergy as the representatives of Christ, with Clift's priest taking on the guilt for a murder due to the sanctity of the confessional. It's difficult to understand why the director chose to shoot such a musty contrivance of a play with the trappings of naturalism. Although, in The Wrong Man (1957), he was somewhat more effective with this style, his lack of interest in the normal range of human behavior hampered these films. Clift, who often chose to play characters seeking martyrdom, is well cast here, and provides what interest the film has in an underwritten part. It might have been better if the director had considered emphasizing the visual record of Clift's response to his public torment a la La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928).