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Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.
Keywords
police
confession
blackmail
suspicion of murder
quebec
flashback
film noir
murder
caretaker
priest
lawyer
church
housekeeper
catholic
gardener
married woman
murder investigation
blackmailer
murder trial
crisis of conscience
innocent suspect
rectory
seal of confession
Casts

Montgomery Clift
Fr. Michael William Logan

Anne Baxter
Ruth Grandfort

Karl Malden
Inspector Larrue

Brian Aherne
Willy Robertson

O.E. Hasse
Otto Keller

Roger Dann
Pierre Grandfort

Dolly Haas
Alma Keller

Charles Andre
Father Millars

Nan Boardman
Maid (uncredited)

Henry Corden
Det. Sgt. Farouche (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock
Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)

Ovila Légaré
Monsieur Villette (uncredited)

Gilles Pelletier
Father Benoit (uncredited)

Judson Pratt
Murphy (uncredited)
Crews

Rudi Fehr
Editor

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer

Alfred Hitchcock
Director

Alfred Hitchcock
Producer
Ted Haworth
Art Direction

Robert Burks
Director of Photography
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Sherry Shourds
Production Supervisor
Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist

Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Ray Heindorf
Music Director

Don Alvarado
Assistant Director
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Paul LaCouline
Technical Advisor

Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor

William Archibald
Screenplay
Paul Anthelme
Theatre Play
George Tabori
Screenplay
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