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"Un criminel avoue en confession à un jeune prêtre le meurtre qu'il vient de commettre. Le coupable ayant revêtu une soutane pour accomplir son acte, c'est le prêtre lui-même qui est accusé du crime. Il ne peut fournir d'alibi de peur de compromettre la jeune femme avec laquelle il se trouvait à cette minute précise. Il subit un procès, est acquitté faute de preuves et finalement innocenté après de dramatiques évènements."
"A lawyer is murdered by the lay caretaker of a parish church. Seeking absolution, the killer confesses all to Father Logan -- well aware the Roman Catholic code forbids him to repeat any of the conversation. Then a twist of fate reveals Logan's former girlfriend was blackmailed by the lawyer over the affair with the then unordianed priest. And now Logan is the prime murder suspect ..."@en
"A murderer confesses to a priest who when arrested for the crime is unable to clear himself as he is bound by the secrecy vow of the confessional."@en
"Ein Mord geschieht. Durch die nächtlichen Strassen eilt ein Mann mit einer Priester-Soutane. Sein Ziel ist die Kirche. Der Mörder beichtet die Tat einem echten Priester. Pater Michael Logan nimmt dem Täter das Versprechen ab, sich der Polizei zu stellen. Ein Versprechen, das niemals eingelöst wird. Plötzlich gerät er selbst unter Verdacht. Seine längst vergessene Vergangenheit macht Pater Logan zum Angeklagten. Ist er vielleicht doch nicht ganz unschuldig? Aber er darf sich nicht entlasten, obwohl er den Mörder kennt. Er hat geschworen, das Beichtgeheimnis zu wahren. Obwohl dem Pater der elektrische Stuhl droht, ist sein Gewissen stärker."
"A murderer confesses to a priest who when arrested for the crime is unable to clear himself as he is bound by the secrecy vow of the confessional."
"A priest hears a murderer's confession and then becomes the murder suspect himself."@en
"A priest hears a murderer's confession and then becomes the murder suspect himself."
"The sanctity of a confessional prevents a priest from revealing a murderer to the police, and he himself becomes the chief suspect."@en
""Father Michael Logan, to all appearances a model of clerical piety, hears a killer's confession and plunges into peril: circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts point to a priest as the slayer--and the sacrament of penance forbids Logan to speak out. As calamity and coincidence paint Logan into a hopeless corner, it becomes the priest who must recognize and confess his own human fraility"--Container."
"Father Logan, stolid, stalwart, to all appearances the embodiment of priestly piety, hears a murderer's confession. Almost immediately Logan is plunged into peril, for circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts point to a priest as the killer. The sacrament of penance forbids him to reveal what he knows. As calamity and coincidence conspire to paint Logan into a hopeless corner, it becomes the priest who must admit to himself, and confess his own human frailty."
"Father Logan, stolid, stalwart, to all appearances the embodiment of priestly piety, hears a murderer's confession. Almost immediately Logan is plunged into peril, for circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts point to a priest as the killer. The sacrament of penance forbids him to reveal what he knows. As calamity and coincidence conspire to paint Logan into a hopeless corner, it becomes the priest who must admit to himself, and confess his own human frailty."@en
"Drame psychologique adapté de la pièce de Paul Anthelme racontant l'angoisse d'un prêtre qui risque sa vie pour respecter l'inviolabilité du secret de la confession. Interprété pat Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden."
"Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. While robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto confesses his crime, but when the police begin to suspect Father Logan he cannot reveal what he has been told in the confession."@en
"Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto confesses his crime, but when the police begin to suspect Father Logan he cannot reveal what he has been told in the confession - IMDB."
"The sanctity of a confessional prevents a priest (Clift) from revealing a murderer to the police, and he himself becomes the chief suspect."
"Au Québec, un homme revêtu d'une soutane abat un avocat pour lui dérober son argent. Le soir du drame, il se confesse auprès du père Michael Logan, sur lequel se portent immédiatement les soupçons. Arrêté, mais lié par le secret de la confession, le père Logan se tait..."
"Feature film from the USA. Thriller. A priest becomes a suspect in a murder when he refuses to reveal what he heard in confession."
"Father Logan, stolid, stalwart, to all appearances the embodiment of priestly piety, hears a murderer's confession. Almost immediately Logan is plunged into peril, for circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts point to a priest as the killer. The Sacrament of Penance forbids him to reveal what he knows. As calamity and coincidence conspire to paint Logan into a hopeless corner, it becomes the priest who must admit to himself, and confess his own human frailty."@en
"A priest hears a killer's confession but is bound by his vows to silence, even when the evidence points to himself as the prime suspect."