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One man, two boys... one deadly game. - Absolution
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Title: Absolution

Release Date: 5 Jun 1978

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Bulldog, Enterprise Pictures, Trans World Entertainment

Production Companies: Bulldog, Enterprise Pictures, Trans World Entertainment

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (39 votes)

Cast

  • Father Goddard: Richard Burton
  • Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield: Dominic Guard
  • Arthur Dyson: David Bradley
  • Blakey: Billy Connolly
  • Headmaster: Andrew Keir
  • Brigadier Walsh: Willoughby Gray
  • Father Hibbert: Preston Lockwood
  • Father Matthews: James Ottaway
  • Father Clarence: Brook Williams
  • Father Henryson: Robin Soans
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