Absolution 1978

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Richard Burton Father Goddard
• Dominic Guard Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
• David Bradley Arthur Dyson
• Billy Connolly Blakey
• Andrew Keir Headmaster
• Willoughby Gray Brigadier Walsh
• Preston Lockwood Father Hibbert
• James Ottaway Father Matthews
• Brook Williams Father Clarence
• Robin Soans Father Henryson

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