Absolution
“One man, two boys... one deadly game.”
Director
Anthony Page
Screenplay
Anthony Shaffer
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
Jun 5, 1978
Budget
—
Country
United Kingdom
Revenue
—
Cast
Richard Burton
Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
Blakey
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Sharon Duce
Louella
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
Robert Addie
Cawley
Richard Willis
a boy
Julian Firth
a boy
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