Film
When the Bough Breaks
- Director
- James Ferman
- Year
- 1971
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.
Top cast
Hannah Gordon
Margaret Ashdown
Cheryl Kennedy
Sheila Gosse
Neil McCarthy
Eddie Gosse
Donald Burton
Dr. Cunningham
Edith MacArthur
Audrey Campbell
Griffith Davies
George Standish
Mark Parr
Timmy Gosse
Ysanne Churchman
Sister Thompson
Ruth Kettlewell
Sister Potts
Margaret Elliot
Receptionist
Andrew Neil
Alec Foster
Jumoke Debayo
Nurse
Isla Cameron
Switchboard operator
Directed by
James Ferman
Written by
Tony Parker
Produced by
Irene Shubik