
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.
Release Date: 1978-06-05
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
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Casts

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

Robin Soans
as Father Henryson

Sharon Duce
as Louella

Brian Glover
as the first policeman