Movie
Absolution
Released: June 5, 1978 (1978)
Runtime: 95 minutes
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- James Ottaway as Father Matthews
Age at release: 69
- Preston Lockwood as Father Hibbert
Age at release: 65
- Willoughby Gray as Brigadier Walsh
Age at release: 61
- Richard Burton as Father Goddard
Age at release: 52
- Andrew Keir as Headmaster
Age at release: 52
- Brook Williams as Father Clarence
Age at release: 40
- Billy Connolly as Blakey
Age at release: 35
- Robin Soans as Father Henryson
Age at release: 31
- David Bradley as Arthur Dyson
Age at release: 24
- Dominic Guard as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Age at release: 21
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- Hilary Mason as Miss Froggatt
Age at release: 60
- Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Hoskins
Age at release: 59
- Trevor Martin as Mr. Gladstone
Age at release: 48
- Brian Glover as the first policeman
Age at release: 44
- Dan Meaden as the second policeman
Age at release: 42
- Sharon Duce as Louella
Age at release: 28
- Robert Addie as Cawley
Age at release: 18
- Julian Firth as a boy
Age at release: 18
- Philip Leake as Gregory
Age at release: Unknown
- Andrew Boxer as a boy
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- Richard Willis as a boy
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- Michael Parkhouse as a boy
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- Richard Kates as a boy
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- Clive Gehle as a boy
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- Charles Rigby as a boy
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- Michael Bell as a boy
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- Martin Stringer as a boy
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- Francis Fry as a boy
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- Tim Short as a boy
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- Michael Munn as a priest
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