Absolution
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1978
1h 35m
R
English
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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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.
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Cast
Father Goddard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Arthur Dyson
Blakey
Headmaster
Brigadier Walsh
Father Hibbert
Father Matthews
Father Clarence
Father Henryson
Mr. Gladstone
Louella
the first policeman
the second policeman
Miss Froggatt
Mrs. Hoskins
Cawley
Gregory
Father Piers
O'Dowd
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
a boy
Directed By: Anthony Page
Written By: Anthony Shaffer
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CinemaSerf
3 years ago
I wonder what it must have been like for Dominic Guard to play this really pretty manipulative role opposite Richard Burton. Whatever nerves or awe he may have felt is very well disguised, though, as he turns in a super performance as the young student "Benjie". His teacher - "Fr. Goddard" (Burton) More
Wuchak
2 years ago
_**Burgeoning iniquities underneath the surface at a boys’ religious school**_
A strict schoolmaster at a Catholic boarding school in England named Goddard (Richard Burton) favors one student, Benjie Stanfield (Dominic Guard), but seems to loathe his awkward misfit ‘friend,’ Arthur Dyson (D More
A strict schoolmaster at a Catholic boarding school in England named Goddard (Richard Burton) favors one student, Benjie Stanfield (Dominic Guard), but seems to loathe his awkward misfit ‘friend,’ Arthur Dyson (D More
talisencrw
6 years ago
I saw this in horrific conditions from the moderately intriguing and extremely entertaining 'Drive-In Movie Classics' pack of 50 films on 12 double-sided DVDs. Ten minutes were cut from the film and it was pan-and-scan--specifically spliced to get it to fit into a two-hour TV-spot with commercials. More
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