The Devil's Playground

October. 01,1979      PG-13
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Arthur Dignam as  Brother Francine
Nick Tate as  Brother Victor
Simon Burke as  Tom Allen
John Diedrich as  Fitz
Warren Coleman as  Westaway
Jonathan Hardy as  Brother Arnold
Gerry Duggan as  Brother Hanrahan
Thomas Keneally as  Father Marshall

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