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VHS : I ConfessIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $14.98 Price: $5.95 You Save: $9.03 (60%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790742403 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 0790742403 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: July 27, 1999 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 22, 1953 Sales Rank: 27546 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto confesses his crime, but when the police begin to suspect Father Logan he cannot reveal what he has been told in the confession. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Easy Choice: Vow versus JusticeThe performances of the primary actors are excellent, including that of Karl Malden as a tenacious detect, Montgomery Clift as the unusually innocent priest, and especially that of Anne Baxter as the woman who stays in love with a man after he has become a priest. The direction by Alfred Hitchcock was diabolically good. You might even say, blasphemously exquisite. Let me explain. On the surface, this film seems to be about how firm a priest could be in his faith. Because ... Read More Rating:  - A classic Hitchcock thriller does not disappointThis is the classic Hitchcock thriller. Wonderfully done, it takes place in Montreal. The movie begins with a Catholic priest hearing the confession of a man who just committed murder. Of course, the priest can say nothing. He cannot even say whether or not he even heard the confession of the man. The Catholic Church is treated respectfully in this 1950s movie. (Which is probably why it is never shown on TV!) It is not a religious movie by any means, but it is, like so ... Read More Rating: - "I CONFESS" IS AN UNDER RATED CLASSIC.THE VILLAIN IS REMORESFUL AND ALTERNATINGLY EVIL. THE PRIEST IS A VICTIM OF THE CONFESSIONAL. TO REMAIN THE TRUE PRIEST THAT HE IS,HE MUST KEEP THE VOW OF SILENCE. EVEN THOUGH HE IS BLAMED FOR A MURDER HE DID NOT COMMIT. THE LOOK ON MONGOMERY CLIFT'S FACE SAYS IT ALL. KARL MALDEN, ANNE BAXTER AND THE REST OF THE CAST ARE EXCELLENT. THE ON LOCATION SCENES OF QUEBEC ARE A BIG,BIG BONUS TO THIS MOVIE. OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES (INTERVIEWS ETC.) ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WORTH THE ... Read More Rating: - Integrity at Any PriceWith today's movie climate where every virtue is ridiculed and religious leaders are especially targets of slander, this movie portrays a Catholic Priest who will not compromise his vocation or his integrity at any cost. It is a salve for our cynical hearts with a believable story and character that convey the positives of humanity and true moral character. Fr. Logan (Montgomery Clift) is every man and woman who is challenged to compromise their moral standards. Refusing to give in to the pressures ... Read More Rating: - Will a priest break the Confessional to save himself?"I Confess" has many similarities to Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" in its theme of an innocent man caught up in the machinations of the justice system. Like "The Wrong Man" it also contains the most overt reference to Hitchcock's Catholic upbringing. The plot hinges on the sanctity of the Catholic Confessional and whether a priest (played by Montgomery Clift) will break it to save himself. The exteriors of the film were (beautifully) shot in Quebec and this really adds to the look ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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