Absolution (1978)

Movie Details

Original Title Absolution

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.3

Cast

Richard Burton

Father Goddard

Popularity: 1.3

Dominic Guard

Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield

Popularity: 0.5

David Bradley

Arthur Dyson

Popularity: 2.4

Billy Connolly

Blakey

Popularity: 2.5

Andrew Keir

Headmaster

Popularity: 3.6

Willoughby Gray

Brigadier Walsh

Popularity: 0.4

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Preston Lockwood

Father Hibbert

Popularity: 5.1

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James Ottaway

Father Matthews

Popularity: 0.2

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Brook Williams

Father Clarence

Popularity: 3.0

Robin Soans

Father Henryson

Popularity: 2.6

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Trevor Martin

Mr. Gladstone

Popularity: 0.4

Sharon Duce

Louella

Popularity: 0.8

Key Crew

Producer Elliott Kastner, Danny O'Donovan

Director Anthony Page

Writer Anthony Shaffer

Editor John Victor-Smith

Executive Producer George Pappas, Alan Cluer

Production

Bulldog

Enterprise Pictures

Trans World Entertainment

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

catholic school catholic priest boys' school confession booth

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 8/10

Mar 4, 2016

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. ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Apr 4, 2022

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) ... Read more

Wuchak 6/10

Jun 24, 2022

_**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 ... Read more