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Absolution (1978)

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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
Richard Burton

Father Goddard

Dominic Guard
Dominic Guard

Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield

David Bradley
David Bradley

Arthur Dyson

Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly

Blakey

Andrew Keir
Andrew Keir

Headmaster

Willoughby Gray
Willoughby Gray

Brigadier Walsh

Preston Lockwood
Preston Lockwood

Father Hibbert

James Ottaway
James Ottaway

Father Matthews

Brook Williams
Brook Williams

Father Clarence

Robin Soans
Robin Soans

Father Henryson

Trevor Martin
Trevor Martin

Mr. Gladstone

Sharon Duce
Sharon Duce

Louella

Brian Glover
Brian Glover

the first policeman

Dan Meaden
Dan Meaden

the second policeman

Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason

Miss Froggatt

Hilda Fenemore
Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Hoskins

Robert Addie
Robert Addie

Cawley

Philip Leake
Philip Leake

Gregory

Jon Plowman
Jon Plowman

Father Piers

Michael Crompton
Michael Crompton

O'Dowd

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