When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

1971 1h 15mDir. James Ferman
10.0/ 10
DramaTV Movie

Overview

NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.

Cast & Crew

Hannah Gordon

Hannah Gordon

Margaret Ashdown

C

Cheryl Kennedy

Sheila Gosse

Neil McCarthy

Neil McCarthy

Eddie Gosse

Donald Burton

Donald Burton

Dr. Cunningham

E

Edith MacArthur

Audrey Campbell

G

Griffith Davies

George Standish

M

Mark Parr

Timmy Gosse

Ysanne Churchman

Ysanne Churchman

Sister Thompson

Ruth Kettlewell

Ruth Kettlewell

Sister Potts

M

Margaret Elliot

Receptionist

Andrew Neil

Andrew Neil

Alec Foster

J

Jumoke Debayo

Nurse

I

Isla Cameron

Switchboard operator

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