A murderer confesses his crime to a Catholic priest, who is bound by his oath not to reveal what he was told. However, the bewildered cleric starts to realise all the evidence in the case points to him when the police discover he was being blackmailed by the victim. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, starring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter and Karl Malden.

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.