True Confession

Name: True Confession
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: December 24, 1937
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Carole Lombard, Edgar Kennedy, Fred MacMurray, Fritz Feld, Irving Bacon

1937

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 24, 1937 | Approved

Starring: Carole Lombard, Edgar Kennedy, Fred MacMurray, Fritz Feld, Irving Bacon, John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Richard Carle, Una Merkel

Summary: A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.

Director: Wesley Ruggles

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 85 min

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Frank S. Nugent

A valiant comedy, it stands on a level with such blissfully remembered items as I Met Him in Paris and Nothing Sacred... for they are all of a piece -- witty, clever and hugely amazing shows. Read full review

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Delightful screwball comedy. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

True Confession is skillfully played and paced, keyed up to the pitch of the dizziest haywire skit. Read full review

Pauline Kael

The characters of the husband and wife are too simplified and their comic turns too forced, but the general giddiness and Barrymore keep the picture going.

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount was a charming screwball comedy that was entertaining, if lightweight. Read full review

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