One man, two boys... one deadly game.
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
Father Goddard
Dominic Guard
Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David Bradley
Arthur Dyson
Billy Connolly
Blakey
Andrew Keir
Headmaster
Willoughby Gray
Brigadier Walsh
Preston Lockwood
Father Hibbert
James Ottaway
Father Matthews
Brook Williams
Father Clarence
Robin Soans
Father Henryson
Trevor Martin
Mr. Gladstone
Sharon Duce
Louella
Brian Glover
the first policeman
Dan Meaden
the second policeman
Hilary Mason
Miss Froggatt
Anthony Page
Director
Anthony Shaffer
Writer
George Pappas
Executive Producer
Alan Cluer
Executive Producer
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Danny O'Donovan
Producer
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Anne Gainsford
Costume Design
Natasha Kroll
Production Design
