Absolution
DramaThrillerMystery
★ 6.5/1019781h 35mR
Director: Anthony Page
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.
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
English
Released
Jun 5, 1978
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
English
Released
Jun 5, 1978
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
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
James Ottaway
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Trevor Martin
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
Sharon Duce
Louella
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Dan Meaden
Dan Meaden
the second policeman
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
Hilda Fenemore
Hilda Fenemore
Mrs. Hoskins
Robert Addie
Cawley
Philip Leake
Philip Leake
Gregory
Jon Plowman
Jon Plowman
Father Piers
Michael Crompton
Michael Crompton
O'Dowd
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