Absolution

Plot

Two Catholic boarding school students (Dominic Guard and Dai Bradley) embark upon a carefully calculated campaign to drive their hated headmaster (Richard Burton) insane. The boys launch their scheme by cooking up the most bizarre and depraved of imaginary sins, then recite these infractions in the Confessional. This sadistic little game gets wildly out of hand, resulting in murder. It's a toss-up as to who is the most repulsive character; the headmaster or his two charges. One of a long line of 1970s stinkers barely redeemed by the presence of Richard Burton, Absolution was not released until 1988, long after Burton's death. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Richard Burton - Father Goddard
• Dominic Guard - Benjamin Stanfield
• Dai Bradley - Arthur
• Billy Connolly - Blakey
• Andrew Keir - Headmaster

Willoughby Gray - Brig. Gen. Walsh; James Ottaway - Father Matthews; Jon Plowman - Father Piers; Trevor Martin - Gladstone; Sharon Duce - Louella; Brian Glover - First policeman; Dan Meaden - Second policeman; Robert Addie - Cawley; Hilda Fenemore - Mrs. Hoskins; Preston Lockwood - Fr. Hibbert; Hilary Mason - Mrs. Froggatt; Brook Williams - Fr. Clarence; Robin Soans - Fr. Henryson

Credit

Denis Holt - Associate Producer, Anthony Page - Director, John Victor Smith - Editor, Georges Pappas - Executive Producer, Alan Cluer - Executive Producer, Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Natasha Kroll - Production Designer, John Coquillon - Cinematographer, Elliott Kastner - Producer, Natasha Kroll - Producer, Danny O'Donovan - Producer, Anthony Shaffer - Screenwriter

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