The Cardinal

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.

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  Sinclair Hill
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  Anthony Nelson Keys

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  Matheson Lang
  Cardinal de Medici
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  Eric Portman
  Giuliano de Medici
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  Robert Atkins
  General Belmont
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  O.B. Clarence
  Monterosa
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  Douglas Jefferies
  Baglioni
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  F.B.J. Sharp
  Pope Julius II
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  Wilfred Fletcher
  Michaelangelo
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  A. Bromley Davenport
  Bramante
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  Rayner Barton
  Cardinal Orelli
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  Edgar K. Bruce
  Spini
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  David Horne
  English Abbot
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  June Duprez
  Francesca Monterosa
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  Henrietta Watson
  Donna Claricia
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  Dora Barton
  Duenna