Monty Clift has never put in a bad performance in everything I have seen him in, and here he plays his role with such heart-felt agony that you feel desperately sorry for him. He plays a priest who hears a confession to murder from a man who has recently killed a lawyer. As priests are bound to their word Clift cannot tell on the man or let the police know what is happening, even when the net starts to close in on him as being the guilty suspect.
Anne Baxter was pretty good, but she appeared to have overplayed her part a bit here, would rather watch her again in something like 'The Blue Gardenia.' Look out for Hitch at the beginning of the movie in his usual, light-hearted cameo. As though anyone could forget who has directed any of his movies!
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