Absolution
Absolution
Absolution
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1978
1h 35m
6.4(42 votes)
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Thriller
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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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34 members
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Richard Burton

Father Goddard

Richard Burton
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Dominic Guard

Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield

Dominic Guard
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David Bradley

Arthur Dyson

David Bradley
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Billy Connolly

Blakey

Billy Connolly
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Andrew Keir

Headmaster

Andrew Keir
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Willoughby Gray

Brigadier Walsh

Willoughby Gray
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Preston Lockwood

Father Hibbert

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James Ottaway

Father Matthews

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Brook Williams

Father Clarence

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Robin Soans

Father Henryson

Robin Soans
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Trevor Martin

Mr. Gladstone

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Sharon Duce

Louella

Sharon Duce
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Brian Glover

the first policeman

Brian Glover
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Dan Meaden

the second policeman

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Hilary Mason

Miss Froggatt

Hilary Mason
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Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Hoskins

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Robert Addie

Cawley

Robert Addie
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Philip Leake

Gregory

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Jon Plowman

Father Piers

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Michael Crompton

O'Dowd

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Andrew Boxer

a boy

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Richard Willis

a boy

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Michael Parkhouse

a boy

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Richard Kates

a boy

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Martyn Hesford

a boy

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Clive Gehle

a boy

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Charles Rigby

a boy

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Michael Bell

a boy

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Martin Stringer

a boy

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Francis Fry

a boy

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Julian Firth

a boy

Julian Firth
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Tim Short

a boy

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Michael Munn

a priest

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Kevin Hart

Peterson

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