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.
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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
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