When the Bough Breaks (1971)

Name: When the Bough Breaks
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1971-05-06
Duration: 75 min
Cast: Hannah Gordon, Cheryl Kennedy, Neil McCarthy, Donald Burton, Edith MacArthur

05/06/1971 Drama, TV Movie 1h 15m

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Overview

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.

Tony Parker

Writer

James Ferman

Director