Cathy Come Home

Overview

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.

Directed by Ken Loach

Top cast

Carol White

Cathy Ward

Ray Brooks

Reg Ward

Wally Patch

Grandad

A

Adrienne Frame

Eileen

W

Winifred Dennis

Mrs. Ward

E

Emmett Hennessy

Johnny

A

Alec Coleman

Wedding Guest

Geoffrey Palmer

Property Agent

Gabrielle Hamilton

Welfare Officer

P

Phyllis Hickson

Mrs. Alley

F

Frank Veasey

Mr. Hodge

Barry Jackson

Rent Collector

J

James Benton

Man at Eviction

Ruth Kettlewell

Judge

J

John Baddeley

Housing Officer

K

Kathleen Broadhurst

Landlady

R

Ralph Lawton

Health Inspector

Lennard Pearce

Ratepayer

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