This image shows actress Ann Baxter, legendary British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and young actress Carmen Gingras with Mayor Lucien Borne during the filming of I Confess in Québec City. The film’s cast had both American and Quebec actors. This mix of international and local stars attracted a crowd of curious by-standers.

1952 - 1980

Québec City, filming grounds for the big and small screens

Québec City has been the setting for some of the world’s greatest films. In 1952, the famous Alfred Hitchcock shot all the outdoor scenes of his film I Confess in Québec City, notably in Limoilou. Then, between 1953 and 1959, author Roger Lemelin portrayed a family from the Saint-Sauveur district in one of Quebec’s first TV series, La Famille Plouffe, on which two movies by Quebec artist Gilles Carle were based. A movie inspired by a Woody Allen play called Don’t Drink the Water also used Old Québec as a backdrop in 1969. Do these films bring back any memories?

Alfred Hitchcock in the streets of Québec City

Auteur inconnu This image shows actress Ann Baxter, legendary British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and young actress Carmen Gingras with Mayor Lucien Borne during the filming of I Confess in Québec City. The film’s cast had both American and Quebec actors. This mix of international and local stars attracted a crowd of curious by-standers.

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Depicted period: 1952

Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1952-08-21

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