Absolution

Absolution

95 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | June 5, 1978

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.

Absolution

95 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | June 5, 1978

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Bulldog
Original title Absolution
Directors Ariel Levy, Anthony Page
Writers Anthony Shaffer

Cast

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

Preston Lockwood

as Father Hibbert

James Ottaway

as Father Matthews

Brook Williams

as Father Clarence

Robin Soans

as Father Henryson

Trevor Martin

as Mr. Gladstone

Sharon Duce

as Louella

Brian Glover

as the first policeman

Dan Meaden

as the second policeman

Hilary Mason

as Miss Froggatt

Hilda Fenemore

as Mrs. Hoskins

Robert Addie

as Cawley

Philip Leake

as Gregory

Jon Plowman

as Father Piers

Michael Crompton

as O'Dowd

Andrew Boxer

as a boy

Richard Willis

as a boy

Richard Kates

as a boy

Martyn Hesford

as a boy

Clive Gehle

as a boy

Charles Rigby

as a boy

Michael Bell

as a boy

Martin Stringer

as a boy

Francis Fry

as a boy

Julian Firth

as a boy

Tim Short

as a boy

Michael Munn

as a priest

Kevin Hart

as Peterson