I Confess (1953)

Synopsis. Quebec priest Father Michael Logan (Montgomery Clift) is suspected of murdering a well-known lawyer. The priest knows that the real murderer is his church sexton, Otto Keller (O. E. Hasse), but cannot reveal his identity because the man has admitted his guilt to him in the confessional. Police inspector Larrue (Karl Malden) has reason to suspect Father Logan. The murderer was spotted leaving the scene wearing a priest’s cassock, and the murdered lawyer happened to be blackmailing Ruth Grandfort (Anne Baxter), the wife of a local politician, over a long-ago liaison with Father Logan before he became a priest