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Absolution
One man, two boys... one deadly game.
6.5 1978 95m
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
Richard Burton
Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
Blakey
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
PL
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
JO
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
TM
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
SD
Sharon Duce
Louella
Brian Glover
the first policeman
DM
Dan Meaden
the second policeman
