When a killer confesses to a priest, the priest must stand trial for the murder rather than break the seal of the confessional.

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When a church caretaker confesses to killing a lawyer and then lets the investigation walk straight to the priest who heard him, in a world where a priest may not repeat one word of what is said in the confessional, a clergyman with a secret of his own in his past must stand in the dock and offer nothing in his defence, before a jury and an entire city decide he is the murderer.

Film: I Confess · Writer(s): William Archibald, George Tabori · Director: Alfred Hitchcock · Year: 1953