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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, Ray Brooks, Wally Patch, Adrienne Frame, Winifred Dennis, Emmett Hennessy, Alec Coleman, Geoffrey Palmer, Gabrielle Hamilton, Phyllis Hickson, Frank Veasey, Barry Jackson
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