When the Bough Breaks
1971 · 75 min
Drama · TV Movie
★ 10.0NSPCC 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.
Crew
- Director James Ferman
- Writer Tony Parker
Cast
Hannah Gordon
Margaret Ashdown
- C
Cheryl Kennedy
Sheila Gosse
Neil McCarthy
Eddie Gosse
Donald Burton
Dr. Cunningham
- E
Edith MacArthur
Audrey Campbell
- G
Griffith Davies
George Standish
- M
Mark Parr
Timmy Gosse
Ysanne Churchman
Sister Thompson
Ruth Kettlewell
Sister Potts
- M
Margaret Elliot
Receptionist
Andrew Neil
Alec Foster
- J
Jumoke Debayo
Nurse
Crew
- Director — James Ferman
- Writer — Tony Parker
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