Full Confession

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 Birinskis story.

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 OKeefe 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 McGinniss girlriend Molly Sullivan Sally Eilers as well as the OKeefe clan, struggles to find a way to save OKeefe without violating the sanctity of confession. He must convince McGinnis to give himself up.Full Confession is often regarded as a semiremake of John Fords The Informer 1935 starring the same leading man, Victor McLaglen. ........

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