Absolution
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
Release Date:
1978-06-05
Runtime:
95 minutes
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Starring:
Richard Burton
as Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
as Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
as Blakey
Andrew Keir
as Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
as Brigadier Walsh
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Preston Lockwood
as Father Hibbert
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James Ottaway
as Father Matthews
Brook Williams
as Father Clarence
Robin Soans
as Father Henryson
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Trevor Martin
as Mr. Gladstone
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Sharon Duce
as Louella
Brian Glover
as the first policeman
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Dan Meaden
as the second policeman
Hilary Mason
as Miss Froggatt
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Hilda Fenemore
as Mrs. Hoskins
Robert Addie
as Cawley
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Philip Leake
as Gregory
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Jon Plowman
as Father Piers
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Michael Crompton
as O'Dowd
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Andrew Boxer
as a boy
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Richard Willis
as a boy
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Michael Parkhouse
as a boy
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Richard Kates
as a boy
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Martyn Hesford
as a boy
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Clive Gehle
as a boy
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Charles Rigby
as a boy
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Michael Bell
as a boy
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Martin Stringer
as a boy
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Francis Fry
as a boy