| Director | Douglas Sirk |
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Fr. John Fulton, a Jesuit instructor in a seminary school, feels that he has lost his vocation and talks with his friend Fr. Marc Arnoux. On the night when he plans to leave the seminary, his crippled former teacher Fr. Jose Sierra miraculously rises and walks to implore Fr. Fulton to remain. The young, wheelchair-using neighbor Terry Gilmartin regains hope that a similar miracle might allow her to walk. Her physician, Dr. Peter Morrell, who had attended Fr. Sierra, is in love with Terry. He confesses to Fr. Arnoux that he had engineered Sierra's miraculous recovery but refuses Fr. Arnoux's advice to tell the truth. The seminary rector orders Fr. Arnoux to testify as to the validity of the miracle at the Vatican in Rome. When his highly respected subordinate refuses, the rector dies of a heart attack. Dr. Morrell admits his deception, but Terry miraculously arises from her wheelchair and prays for Dr. Morrell.