4.5 Score

1999 • 1h 54min • R • Thriller, Drama

The Confession

"Trust no one."

After 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.

IMDb 6.0

RT 40%

Director

David Hugh Jones

Writer

Sol Yurick

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Ben Kingsley

Harry Fertig

Amy Irving

Sarah Fertig

Ryan Marsini

Stevie Fertig

Alec Baldwin

Roy Bleakie

Boyd Gaines

Liam Clarke

Anne Twomey

Judge Crossland

Lázaro Pérez

Eric Malabar

Becky Ann Baker

Nurse Jeanine Carrounbois

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Amy Irving Sarah Fertig

Ryan Marsini Stevie Fertig

Alec Baldwin Roy Bleakie

Boyd Gaines Liam Clarke

Anne Twomey Judge Crossland

Lázaro Pérez Eric Malabar

Becky Ann Baker Nurse Jeanine Carrou...

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Mark Ethan Dr. Mason Gillette

Kevin Conway Mel Duden

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