Absolution
Drama | Thriller
Release Date
June 5, 1978
Duration
95 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Father Goddard
Richard Burton
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Dominic Guard
Arthur Dyson
David Bradley
Blakey
Billy Connolly
Headmaster
Andrew Keir
Brigadier Walsh
Willoughby Gray
Father Hibbert
Preston Lockwood
Father Matthews
James Ottaway
Father Clarence
Brook Williams
Father Henryson
Robin Soans
Mr. Gladstone
Trevor Martin
Louella
Sharon Duce
the first policeman
Brian Glover
the second policeman
Dan Meaden
Miss Froggatt
Hilary Mason
Mrs. Hoskins
Hilda Fenemore
Cawley
Robert Addie
Gregory
Philip Leake
Father Piers
Jon Plowman
O'Dowd
Michael Crompton
a boy
Andrew Boxer
a boy
Richard Willis
a boy
Michael Parkhouse
a boy
Richard Kates
a boy
Martyn Hesford
a boy
Clive Gehle
a boy
Charles Rigby
a boy
Michael Bell
a boy
Martin Stringer
a boy
Francis Fry
a boy
Julian Firth
a boy
Tim Short
a priest
Michael Munn
Peterson
Kevin Hart
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