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Absolution
1978
Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow. Shortly after, Stanfield once again enters the .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly |
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| Director | Anthony Page |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Absolution
Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow.
Shortly after, Stanfield once again enters the confession booth, telling Goddard that what before was a practical joke, he has now made happen. In disbelief, Goddard once again goes to the forest to investigate the matter. This time, he discovers a dead body. The confessions now turn from a practical joke into a real murder mystery, especially when outside of the confessions Stanfield denies everything.
| Starring | Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir, Willoughby Gray, Preston Lockwood, James Ottaway, Brook Williams, Jon Plowman, Robin Soans, Trevor Martin, Sharon Duce, Brian Glover, Dan Meaden |
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| Director | Anthony Page |
| Studio | SLAMDUNK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1978 To Rent: DVD: 07 May 2007 |
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A hoary old Gothic thriller from the pen of Anthony Shaffer which should surprise nobody familiar with the plot twists... read more on Time Out
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Burton in a compelling role.
This film is one of the stranger films that Richard Burton featured in. Brooding and creepy, this film starts slowly, but builds up to a shattering conclusion... read more »
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The 'boys' in the film were - and looked - much too old to be schoolboys. Richard Burton hammed it up as the priest, especially at the end. I expected ... read more »
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A little slow to start, this film turned out to be a rather chilling story. The priest played by Richard Burton, was sombre and certainly lacked empathy with ... read more »
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If you take a film that Richard Burton chose to do at the height of his career; that launched Billy Connolly as an actor; David Bradley followed on from “... read more »
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Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow.
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