The story
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.
Cast & crew
Richard BurtonFather Goddard
Dominic GuardBenjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David BradleyArthur Dyson
Billy ConnollyBlakey
Andrew KeirHeadmaster
Willoughby GrayBrigadier WalshPreston Lockwood
Preston LockwoodFather HibbertJames Ottaway
James OttawayFather Matthews
Brook WilliamsFather Clarence
Robin SoansFather HenrysonTrevor Martin
Trevor MartinMr. Gladstone
Sharon DuceLouellaExplore the crew
- Producer
- Elliott Kastner
- Editor
- John Victor-Smith
- Producer
- Danny O'Donovan
- Original Music Composer
- Stanley Myers
- Writer
- Anthony Shaffer
- Director
- Anthony Page
- Director of Photography
- John Coquillon