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The Confession
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Bertram Bracken

Cast: Henry B. Walthall [Father Bartlett], Francis McDonald [Tom Bartlett], William Clifford [Joseph Dumont], Margaret McWade [Mrs. Bartlett], Margaret Landis [Rose Creighton], Barney Furey [Jimmie Creighton], Henry Stanley [Michael Dugan], Johnnie Revelle [Patsy Morgan], Sally Cohn [Mrs. Dumont], Irene Aldwyn [Fanchette], Fred L. Wilson, William Carroll

National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated. / Scenario by Franklyn Hall and William H. Clifford, from the play The Confession by Hal Reid. Assistant director, H.A. Laver (Jack Laver). Cinematography by Walter L. Griffin. / Released January 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0778.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Religion: Priests

Listing updated: 17 April 2012.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0778 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.