"One man, two boys... one deadly game." 05 June 1978 Drama, Thriller, Mystery 95 mins
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.
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Richard Burton as Father Goddard
Dominic Guard as Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley as Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly as Blakey
Andrew Keir as Headmaster
Willoughby Gray as Brigadier Walsh
Preston Lockwood as Father Hibbert
James Ottaway as Father Matthews
Brook Williams as Father Clarence
Robin Soans as Father Henryson
Trevor Martin as Mr. Gladstone
Sharon Duce as Louella
Brian Glover as the first policeman
Dan Meaden as the second policeman
Hilary Mason as Miss Froggatt
Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Hoskins
Elliott Kastner Producer
John Victor-Smith Editor
Danny O'Donovan Producer
Stanley Myers Original Music Composer
Anthony Shaffer Writer
Anthony Page Director
John Coquillon Director of Photography
Betty Glasow Hairstylist
Denis Holt Associate Producer
Alan Cluer Executive Producer
George Pappas Executive Producer
Celestia Fox Casting
Ron Berkeley Makeup Artist
Freddie Williamson Makeup Artist
Anne Gainsford Costume Design
Natasha Kroll Production Design
Germany 13 December 2020
France 21 October 2021
United Kingdom 05 June 1978
United States 01 July 1978
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