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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.
Keywords
catholic school
catholic priest
boys' school
confession booth
Casts

Richard Burton
Father Goddard

Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield

David Bradley
Arthur Dyson

Billy Connolly
Blakey

Andrew Keir
Headmaster

Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
Brook Williams
Father Clarence

Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone

Sharon Duce
Louella

Brian Glover
the first policeman
Dan Meaden
the second policeman

Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt

Hilda Fenemore
Mrs. Hoskins

Robert Addie
Cawley
Philip Leake
Gregory

Jon Plowman
Father Piers
Michael Crompton
O'Dowd
Andrew Boxer
a boy
Richard Willis
a boy

Michael Parkhouse
a boy
Richard Kates
a boy
Martyn Hesford
a boy
Clive Gehle
a boy
Charles Rigby
a boy
Michael Bell
a boy
Martin Stringer
a boy
Francis Fry
a boy

Julian Firth
a boy
Tim Short
a boy
Michael Munn
a priest
Kevin Hart
Peterson
Crews

Anthony Page
Director

Anthony Shaffer
Writer

Elliott Kastner
Producer
Danny O'Donovan
Producer

Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
John Victor-Smith
Editor
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Denis Holt
Associate Producer
Alan Cluer
Executive Producer
George Pappas
Executive Producer
Celestia Fox
Casting
Natasha Kroll
Production Design
Anne Gainsford
Costume Design
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
Betty Glasow
Hairstylist
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
Ariel Levy
First Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters

