

The Devil's Playground(1977)
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.
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Arthur Dignam
Brother Francine

Nick Tate
Brother Victor

Simon Burke
Tom Allen
Charles McCallum
Brother Sebastian
John Frawley
Brother Celian

John Diedrich
Fitz

Alan Cinis
Waite
Richard Morgan
Smith
Rowan Currie
Casey
Gary Pixton
Tomkin
Michael David
Turner

Warren Coleman
Westaway
Marc Gough
Brown
Andrew Court
Woolmore
Brett Murphy
Tierman
Wayne Comley
Mahoney
Peter Cox
Brother James

Jonathan Hardy
Brother Arnold

Gerry Duggan
Brother Hanrahan

Thomas Keneally
Father Marshall

Sheila Florance
Mrs.Sullivan
Gary Shaw
Student
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