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Absolution
One man, two boys... one deadly game.
6.5(51)19781h 35m
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.
- Director
- Anthony Page
- Created by
- Alan Cluer,George Pappas
- Writers
- Anthony Shaffer
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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
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
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Crew
Directing
- Anthony PageDirector
- Ariel LevyFirst Assistant Director
Writing
- Anthony ShafferWriter
Production
- Elliott KastnerProducer
- Danny O'DonovanProducer
- Denis HoltAssociate Producer
- Alan CluerExecutive Producer
- George PappasExecutive Producer
- Celestia FoxCasting
Camera
- John CoquillonDirector of Photography
Editing
- John Victor-SmithEditor
Sound
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Natasha KrollProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Betty GlasowHairstylist
- Ron BerkeleyMakeup Artist
- Freddie WilliamsonMakeup Artist
- Anne GainsfordCostume Design