Absolution

6.5

95 minutes

6/5/1978

Overview

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.

Cast List

Richard Burton
as Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
as Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
as Blakey
Andrew Keir
as Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
as Brigadier Walsh
Preston Lockwood
as Father Hibbert
James Ottaway
as Father Matthews
Brook Williams
as Father Clarence
Robin Soans
as Father Henryson
Trevor Martin
as Mr. Gladstone
Sharon Duce
as Louella
Brian Glover
as the first policeman
Dan Meaden
as the second policeman
Hilary Mason
as Miss Froggatt
Hilda Fenemore
as Mrs. Hoskins
Robert Addie
as Cawley
Philip Leake
as Gregory
Jon Plowman
as Father Piers
Michael Crompton
as O'Dowd
Andrew Boxer
as a boy
Richard Willis
as a boy
Michael Parkhouse
as a boy
Richard Kates
as a boy
Martyn Hesford
as a boy
Clive Gehle
as a boy
Charles Rigby
as a boy
Michael Bell
as a boy
Martin Stringer
as a boy
Francis Fry
as a boy
Julian Firth
as a boy
Tim Short
as a boy
Michael Munn
as a priest
Kevin Hart
as Peterson