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