Relatively unknown and obscure, Ken Hughes’ Confession (US: The Deadliest Sin) reminds us that one lie begets more lies, one coverup begets more coverups, one murder begets more murders. Sydney Chaplin (son of director Charlie) plays Mike Nelson, an American thief and all-around bad guy who comes to stay with his father and sister in England; Pop (Jefferson Clifford) smells something rotten from the moment Mike arrives, but sister Louise (Audrey Dalton) is delighted for Mike to be home, at least until his past crimes catch up with him and he inadvertently involves Louise’s boyfriend Alan (Peter Hammond) in a murder. Devout Catholic Alan is racked by guilt and confesses to his priest, which angers Mike even if priests can’t squeal (“…speaking not into a man’s ear but into God’s ear”). When another killing occurs, the stakes and suspense climb even higher, but the bad seed of the family has no interest in repentance. Hughes knows how to create genuine suspense, particularly around Mike and Louise’s household cat and mouse game, and the scenes in the church are beautifully designed and shot, especially since the church — the physical church — will have the last word.