Absolution (1978)
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
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Richard Burton as Father Goddard |
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Dominic Guard as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield |
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David Bradley as Arthur Dyson |
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Billy Connolly as Blakey |
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Andrew Keir as Headmaster |
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Willoughby Gray as Brigadier Walsh |
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Preston Lockwood as Father Hibbert |
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James Ottaway as Father Matthews |
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Brook Williams as Father Clarence |
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Robin Soans as Father Henryson |
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Trevor Martin as Mr. Gladstone |
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Sharon Duce as Louella |
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Brian Glover as the first policeman |
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Dan Meaden as the second policeman |
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Hilary Mason as Miss Froggatt |
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Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Hoskins |
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Robert Addie as Cawley |
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Philip Leake as Gregory |
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Jon Plowman as Father Piers |
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Michael Crompton as O'Dowd |
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Andrew Boxer as a boy |
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Richard Willis as a boy |
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Michael Parkhouse as a boy |
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Richard Kates as a boy |
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Martyn Hesford as a boy |
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Clive Gehle as a boy |
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Charles Rigby as a boy |
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Michael Bell as a boy |
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Martin Stringer as a boy |
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Francis Fry as a boy |
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Julian Firth as a boy |
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Tim Short as a boy |
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Michael Munn as a priest |
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Kevin Hart as Peterson |
| Production | Elliott Kastner | Producer |
| Editing | John Victor-Smith | Editor |
| Production | Danny O'Donovan | Producer |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Anthony Shaffer | Writer |
| Directing | Anthony Page | Director |
| Camera | John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Glasow | Hairstylist |
| Production | Denis Holt | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alan Cluer | Executive Producer |
| Production | George Pappas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Berkeley | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne Gainsford | Costume Design |
| Art | Natasha Kroll | Production Design |
| Directing | Ariel Levy | First Assistant Director |
