
Absolution
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.
Absolution
June 5, 1978
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Cast (34)

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

Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone

Sharon Duce
Louella

Brian Glover
the first policeman

Dan Meaden
the second policeman

Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt

Hilda Fenemore
Mrs. Hoskins

Robert Addie
Cawley

Philip Leake
Gregory

Jon Plowman
Father Piers

Michael Crompton
O'Dowd

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 boy

Michael Munn
a priest

Kevin Hart
Peterson
Crew (17)
Directing

Anthony Page
Director

Ariel Levy
First Assistant Director
Writing

Anthony Shaffer
Writer
Production

George Pappas
Executive Producer

Celestia Fox
Casting

Denis Holt
Associate Producer

Elliott Kastner
Producer

Alan Cluer
Executive Producer

Danny O'Donovan
Producer
Sound

Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Art

Natasha Kroll
Production Design
Camera

John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Betty Glasow
Hairstylist

Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist

Anne Gainsford
Costume Design

Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
Crew
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John Victor-Smith
Editor