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.
Montgomery Clift
as Fr. Michael William Logan
Anne Baxter
as Ruth Grandfort
Karl Malden
as Inspector Larrue
Brian Aherne
as Willy Robertson
O.E. Hasse
as Otto Keller
Roger Dann
as Pierre Grandfort
Dolly Haas
as Alma Keller
Charles Andre
as Father Millars
Nan Boardman
as Maid (uncredited)
Henry Corden
as Det. Sgt. Farouche (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Ovila Légaré
as Monsieur Villette (uncredited)
