Alfred Hitchcock hoped to cast the Swedish actress who had just made a big impression in a film of Strinderg's "Miss Julie."

Director Alfred Hitchcock proposed the young beauty who had worked with Orson Welles to play the role of the Catholic priest's one-time love.

Alfred Hitchcock wanted De Havilland to play the married woman still in love with a man from her past, who has become a priest. The role became minimized, so a star of De Havilland's stature was not required.

The difficult Grant turned down Alfred Hitchcock's offer to star him as a priest burdened by hearing the confession of a murderer.

In 1948 it was announced that Van Johnson would play the part of the priest suspected of murder in Alfred Hitchcock's film.

Warner Bros. rejected director Alfred Hitchcock's idea of Olivier to play a Catholic priest who hears the confession of a murderer.

Director Alfred Hitchcock considered Stewart one of the few actors who could put over with the public the role of a Catholic priest who hears the confession of a murderer.

Alfred Hitchcock considered the stunningly beautiful film newcomer to star in his thriller about a Catholic priest who carries the weight of hearing the confession of a murderer. Theiss abandoned her film career for marriage and family.