Absolution

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.

Cast

Richard Burton

Father Goddard

Dominic Guard

Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield

David Bradley

Arthur Dyson

Billy Connolly

Blakey

Andrew Keir

Headmaster