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Absolution

1978Rating6.5· 95 minDramaThrillerMystery

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 & Crew

  • 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

    Father Hibbert

  • James Ottaway

    Father Matthews

  • Brook Williams

    Brook Williams

    Father Clarence

  • Robin Soans

    Robin Soans

    Father Henryson

  • Trevor Martin

    Mr. Gladstone

  • Sharon Duce

    Sharon Duce

    Louella

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