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The Cardinal (1936)

The Cardinal (1936)

Drama History
Release Date: 1936, January 4
Directors: Sinclair Hill
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Grosvenor Films
Cast: Robert Atkins, Edgar K. Bruce, David Horne, Eric Portman, Wilfred Fletcher, F.B.J. Sharp, Douglas Jefferies, O.B. Clarence, June Duprez, A. Bromley Davenport, Henrietta Watson, Matheson Lang

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.