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Absolution
1978, Jun 05
1h 35m
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.
Directed by
Anthony Page
Written by
Anthony Shaffer
Richard Burton
Father Goddard
Billy Connolly
Blakey
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
Julian Firth
a boy
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Robert Addie
Cawley
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
Sharon Duce
Louella
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Hilda Fenemore
Mrs. Hoskins
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Michael Parkhouse
a boy
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
Dan Meaden
the second policeman
Philip Leake
Gregory
Andrew Boxer
a boy
Richard Willis
a boy
Richard Kates
a boy
Clive Gehle
a boy
Charles Rigby
a boy
Michael Bell
a boy
Martin Stringer
a boy
Francis Fry
a boy
Tim Short
a boy
Michael Munn
a priest
Kevin Hart
Peterson
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