Absolution
Anthony Page1978-06-05
One man, two boys... one deadly game.
6.5
95 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Richard Burton | Father Goddard | Unowned |
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Dominic Guard | Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield | Unowned |
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David Bradley | Arthur Dyson | Unowned |
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Billy Connolly | Blakey | Unowned |
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Andrew Keir | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Willoughby Gray | Brigadier Walsh | Unowned |
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Preston Lockwood | Father Hibbert | Unowned |
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James Ottaway | Father Matthews | Unowned |
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Brook Williams | Father Clarence | Unowned |
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Robin Soans | Father Henryson | Unowned |
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Trevor Martin | Mr. Gladstone | Unowned |
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Sharon Duce | Louella | Unowned |
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Brian Glover | the first policeman | Unowned |
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Dan Meaden | the second policeman | Unowned |
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Hilary Mason | Miss Froggatt | Unowned |
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Hilda Fenemore | Mrs. Hoskins | Unowned |
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Robert Addie | Cawley | Unowned |
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Philip Leake | Gregory | Unowned |
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Jon Plowman | Father Piers | Unowned |
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Michael Crompton | O'Dowd | Unowned |
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Andrew Boxer | a boy | Unowned |
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Richard Willis | a boy | Unowned |
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Michael Parkhouse | a boy | Unowned |
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Richard Kates | a boy | Unowned |
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Martyn Hesford | a boy | Unowned |
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Clive Gehle | a boy | Unowned |
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Charles Rigby | a boy | Unowned |
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Michael Bell | a boy | Unowned |
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Martin Stringer | a boy | Unowned |
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Francis Fry | a boy | Unowned |
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Julian Firth | a boy | Unowned |
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Tim Short | a boy | Unowned |
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Michael Munn | a priest | Unowned |
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Kevin Hart | Peterson | Unowned |