Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is the US Ambassador to Italy and his wife is Katherine (Lee Remick). The couple lead a wonderful life with everything that money could buy. Things change when Katharine gives birth to a stillborn child. At the hospital, a priest approaches Robert and suggests that they adopt a newborn whose mother died during childbirth. Robert agrees immediately even without...

Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is the US Ambassador to Italy and his wife is Katherine (Lee Remick). The couple lead a wonderful life with everything that money could buy. Things change when Katharine gives birth to a stillborn child. At the hospital, a priest approaches Robert and suggests that they adopt a newborn whose mother died during childbirth. Robert agrees immediately even without consulting his wife. Watch the horror that awaits the couple.