Cathy Come Home

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.

• Ken LoachDirector
• Ken LoachScreenplay
• Paul JonesOriginal Music Composer

• Carol WhiteCathy Ward
• Ray BrooksReg Ward
• Wally PatchGrandad
• Adrienne FrameEileen
• Winifred DennisMrs. Ward
• Emmett HennessyJohnny
• Alec ColemanWedding Guest
• Geoffrey PalmerProperty Agent
• Gabrielle HamiltonWelfare Officer
• Phyllis HicksonMrs. Alley
• Frank VeaseyMr. Hodge
• Barry JacksonRent Collector