Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 6/5/1978
Runtime: 95 min
Director: Anthony Page
Writers: Anthony Shaffer
Top Cast
Richard Burton
Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
Blakey
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
