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I Confess
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About 1953 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Genres drama, film noir, crime, thriller, crime thriller, flashback, detective, crime drama
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by George Tabori, William Archibald
Starring Alfred Hitchcock, Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, Dolly Haas, O. E. Hasse, Judson Pratt
Music Dimitri Tiomkin
Runtime 91 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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