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The Cardinal (1936)
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Overview
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici’s dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal’s brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
Length 71 minutes
Actors
Matheson Lang | Eric Portman | Robert Atkins | O. B. Clarence | Douglas Jefferies | F.B.J. Sharp | Wilfred Fletcher | A. Bromley Davenport | Rayner Barton | Edgar K. Bruce | David Horne | June Duprez | Henrietta Watson | Dora Barton