Absolution (1978) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Anthony Page.

Cast

• Richard Burton as Father Goddard
• Dominic Guard as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
• David Bradley as Arthur Dyson
• Billy Connolly as Blakey
• Andrew Keir as Headmaster
• Willoughby Gray as Brigadier Walsh
• Preston Lockwood as Father Hibbert
• James Ottaway as Father Matthews
• Brook Williams as Father Clarence
• Robin Soans as Father Henryson
• Trevor Martin as Mr. Gladstone
• Sharon Duce as Louella
• Brian Glover as the first policeman
• Dan Meaden as the second policeman
• Hilary Mason as Miss Froggatt
• Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Hoskins
• Robert Addie as Cawley
• Philip Leake as Gregory
• Jon Plowman as Father Piers
• Michael Crompton as O'Dowd
• Andrew Boxer as a boy
• Richard Willis as a boy
• Michael Parkhouse as a boy
• Richard Kates as a boy
• Martyn Hesford as a boy
• Clive Gehle as a boy
• Charles Rigby as a boy
• Michael Bell as a boy
• Martin Stringer as a boy
• Francis Fry as a boy
• Julian Firth as a boy
• Tim Short as a boy
• Michael Munn as a priest
• Kevin Hart as Peterson

Crew

• Elliott Kastner — Producer
• Danny O'Donovan — Producer
• Stanley Myers — Original Music Composer
• Anthony Shaffer — Writer
• Anthony Page — Director
• John Coquillon — Director of Photography

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