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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. Also starring Billy Connolly (in his first feature-film role), Dominic Guard ,Kes star Dai Bradley, and the inimitable Brian Glover, and written by the great Anthony Shaffer, Absolution is one of British cinema’s most underrated chillers, not least for a towering central performance by Burton.
Updated May 22 2020
Cast
Billy Connolly
Blakey
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
Martyn Hesford
a boy
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Crew
Celestia Fox
Casting
Anthony Shaffer
Writer
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
George Pappas
Executive Producer
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Anthony Page
Director
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