The Devil's Playground (1977)

6.4/10 107 min Drama

Overview

A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.

Cast

Arthur Dignam

Brother Francine

Nick Tate

Brother Victor

Simon Burke

Tom Allen

John Diedrich

Fitz

Alan Cinis

Waite

Warren Coleman

Westaway

Jonathan Hardy

Brother Arnold

Gerry Duggan

Brother Hanrahan

Thomas Keneally

Father Marshall

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