Directed by:
Anthony PageScreenplay:
Anthony ShafferCinematography:
John CoquillonComposer:
Stanley MyersCast:
Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir, Trevor Martin, Robert Addie, Julian Firth, Preston Lockwood, Hilary Mason (more)Plots(1)
At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his former master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Dominic Guard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886296_f2f0bd.gif)
Dominic Guard
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
![David Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276161_3b535e.jpg)
David Bradley
UK
Best movies:
Kes (1969)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
![Billy Connolly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269306_a4a916.jpg)
Billy Connolly
UK
Best movies:
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
![Andrew Keir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188552_869d7f.jpg)
Andrew Keir
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Trevor Martin
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Babel (2006)
![Robert Addie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188317_24c04a.jpg)
Robert Addie
UK
Best movies:
Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983) (TV movie)
Excalibur (1981)
Merlin (1998) (TV movie)
![Julian Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004109_94062b.gif)
Julian Firth
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Preston Lockwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088237_7631aa.jpg)
Preston Lockwood
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Hilary Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/110/160110828_96d20c.jpg)
Hilary Mason
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Last Vampyre (1993) (TV movie)
Absolution (1978)
![Brian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579646_2c988f.jpg)
Brian Glover
UK
Best movies:
Kes (1969)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Jon Plowman
Best movies:
Absolution (1978)
Sharon Duce
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Absolution (1978)
Vera (2011) (series)
Hilda Fenemore
UK
Best movies:
The War Lover (1962)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Absolution (1978)
Willoughby Gray
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Richard III (1955)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Robin Soans
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Michael Parkhouse
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Absolution (1978)
Michael Crompton
Best movies:
Absolution (1978)
![Brook Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/610/161610327_d0ed9a.gif)
Brook Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
James Ottaway
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Absolution (1978)