When the Bough Breaks

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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama,

TV Movie

Duration:

75 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

James Ferman

Cast:
Hannah Gordon

Margaret Ashdown

Cheryl Kennedy

Sheila Gosse

Neil McCarthy

Eddie Gosse

Donald Burton

Dr. Cunningham

Edith MacArthur

Audrey Campbell

Crew:
James Ferman

Director

Tony Parker

Writer

Irene Shubik

Producer