Cathy Come Home
7.9
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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Cast
18 people
Carol White
Cathy Ward
Known for
Poor Cow
Carry On Teacher
Ray Brooks
Reg Ward
Known for
EastEnders
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Wally Patch
Grandad
Known for
Poor Cow
Adrienne Frame
Eileen
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Up the Junction
Theatre 625
Winifred Dennis
Mrs. Ward
Known for
Fanatic
Emmett Hennessy
Johnny
Also in
The Loves of Cynthia
I Am a Groupie
Alec Coleman
Wedding Guest
Known for
Family Life
Geoffrey Palmer
Property Agent
Known for
Tomorrow Never Dies
Peter Pan
Gabrielle Hamilton
Welfare Officer
Known for
Going Postal
Phyllis Hickson
Mrs. Alley
Also in
Prostitute
The Wednesday Play
Frank Veasey
Mr. Hodge
Also in
God's Wonderful Railway
Barry Jackson
Rent Collector
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Ken Loach Director · Jeremy Sandford Writer Paul Jones Composer
First release November 16, 1966 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Film
Production
BBC
Production
BBC Film
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 16, 1966
TV
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 10, 1970 · TV · ARD
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