Cathy Come Home (1966)

Director: 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.

Cast

Carol White

Cathy Ward

Ray Brooks

Reg Ward

Wally Patch

Grandad

Adrienne Frame

Eileen

Winifred Dennis

Mrs. Ward

Emmett Hennessy

Johnny

Alec Coleman

Wedding Guest

Geoffrey Palmer

Property Agent

Gabrielle Hamilton

Welfare Officer

Phyllis Hickson

Mrs. Alley