Cathy and Reg are a couple with three young children, who find their life spiralling into poverty when Reg loses his well-paid job. Gripping and emotional, Cathy Come Home remains a truly ground-breaking piece of dramatic fiction, engaging viewers with social issues, such as homelessness, unemployment and the rights of mothers to keep their own children.
Carol White
Cathy Ward
Ray Brooks
Reg Ward
Wally Patch
Grandad
Adrienne Frame
Eileen
Winifred Dennis
Mrs. Ward
Emmett Hennessy
Johnny
Alec Coleman
Wedding Guest
Geoffrey Palmer
Property Agent
Gabrielle Hamilton
Welfare Officer
Cathy and Reg are a couple with three young children, who find their life spiralling into poverty when Reg loses his well-paid job. Gripping and emotional, Cathy Come Home remains a truly ground-breaking piece of dramatic fiction, engaging viewers with social issues, such as homelessness, unemployment and the rights of mothers to keep their own children.
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