Absolution (1978)
One man, two boys... one deadly game.
95 min
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
- November 5, 1981
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Richard Burton as Father Goddard
- Dominic Guard as Benjie
- David Bradley as Arthur
- 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
- Jon Plowman as Father Piers
- Andrew Boxer as a boy
- Richard Willis as a boy
- Michael Parkhouse as a boy
- Martyn Hesford as a boy
- Billy Connolly as Blakey
Crew
- Anthony Page · Director
- Anthony Shaffer · Writer
- Elliott Kastner · Producer
- Danny O'Donovan · Producer
- Stanley Myers · Composer
- John Coquillon · Cinematographer
- John Victor Smith · Editor
- Celestia Fox · Casting director
- Natasha Kroll · Production designer