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Cathy Come Home

7.0 75 mins Drama   TV Movie   1966
BBC  
Director(s): Ken Loach

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.

Casts of Cathy Come Home

Carol White

as Cathy Ward

Ray Brooks

as Reg Ward

Wally Patch

as Grandad

Adrienne Frame

as Eileen

Winifred Dennis

as Mrs. Ward

Emmett Hennessy

as Johnny

Alec Coleman

as Wedding Guest

Geoffrey Palmer

as Property Agent

Gabrielle Hamilton

as Welfare Officer

Phyllis Hickson

as Mrs. Alley

Frank Veasey

as Mr. Hodge

Barry Jackson

as Rent Collector

James Benton

as Man at Eviction

Ruth Kettlewell

as Judge

John Baddeley

as Housing Officer

Kathleen Broadhurst

as Landlady

Ralph Lawton

as Health Inspector

Lennard Pearce

as Ratepayer

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