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5.8After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.
Released: 1999-03-26114 minDir: David Hugh JonesDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Ben Kingsley as Harry Fertig
- Amy Irving as Sarah Fertig
- Ryan Marsini as Stevie Fertig
- Alec Baldwin as Roy Bleakie
- Boyd Gaines as Liam Clarke
- Anne Twomey as Judge Crossland
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- judge
- faith
- prayer
- homicide
- blackmail
- cover-up
- revenge
- murder
- judaism
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
2,870 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
40%
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- confession
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Hugh Jones
- Screenwriter
- Sol Yurick
- Cast member
- Amy Irving
- Composer
- Mychael Danna
- Producer
- Elie Samaha
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 845491
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 1999-01-01
- title
- The Confession
- film editor
- Peter Honess
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 40%
- different from
- Confession
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