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Full Confession is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 8 september 1939 with Victor McLaglen

Full Confession (1939)

Full Confession
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Released in USA 8 september 1939
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating60% 3.0440353.0440353.0440353.0440353.044035

Full Confession is a 1939 is a US crime drama film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by John Farrow from an adaptation by Jerome Cady of Leo Birinski's story.

The film stars Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Barry Fitzgerald and Joseph Calleia.

The film was made in Black and White.

Synopsis

Pat McGinnis (Victor McLaglen) murders a policeman and escapes by committing a more minor crime, for which he is arrested and jailed. An innocent man, Michael O'Keefe (Barry Fitzgerald), is convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. While delirious after an injury, McGinnis confesses to priest Father Loma (Joseph Calleia). Loma, whose flock includes McGinnis's girlriend Molly Sullivan (Sally Eilers) as well as the O'Keefe clan, struggles to find a way to save O'Keefe without violating the sanctity of confession. He must convince McGinnis to give himself up.

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