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.| Status: | Released (1978-06-05) |
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| Screen: | Anthony Shaffer, Richard O'Keefe |
| Productions: | Bulldog, Enterprise Pictures, Trans World Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, , Latin |
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Casts
- 5341: Richard Burton - Father Goddard
- 16274: Dominic Guard - Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
- 1357431: David Bradley - Arthur Dyson
- 9188: Billy Connolly - Blakey
- 53815: Andrew Keir - Headmaster
- 10664: Willoughby Gray - Brigadier Walsh
- 133137: Preston Lockwood - Father Hibbert
Crews
- 9169: Elliott Kastner - Producer - Production
- 29538: John Victor-Smith - Editor - Editing
- 1151230: Danny O'Donovan - Producer - Production
- 40150: Stanley Myers - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 7750: Anthony Shaffer - Writer - Writing
- 39022: Anthony Page - Director - Directing
- 14944: John Coquillon - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
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I saw this in horrific conditions from the moderately intriguing and extremely entertaining 'Drive-In Movie Classics' pack of 50 films on 12 double-sided DVDs. Ten minutes were cut from the film and it was pan-and-scan--specifically spliced to get it to fit into a two-hour TV-spot wi ....
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I wonder what it must have been like for Dominic Guard to play this really pretty manipulative role opposite Richard Burton. Whatever nerves or awe he may have felt is very well disguised, though, as he turns in a super performance as the young student "Benjie". His teacher - "Fr. Go ....
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_**Burgeoning iniquities underneath the surface at a boys’ religious school**_ A strict schoolmaster at a Catholic boarding school in England named Goddard (Richard Burton) favors one student, Benjie Stanfield (Dominic Guard), but seems to loathe his awkward misfit ‘friend,’ Arthu ....
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