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The Spongers

Film / 1978

The Spongers

Réalisation Roland Joffé

DrameTéléfilm

★ 10,0/10Note du public

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

L’histoire

Résumé en anglais

In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

Distribution

Christine HargreavesPauline Bernard HillSullivan Peter KerriganPeter Paula McDonaghPaula Gary ToddGary Grace AllenGrace Dawn BoothBaby Dawn Angela CatherallJackie Gertie AlmondGertie Elaine LindsayMrs Johnson Bernard AthaCouncillor Conway Fred PearsonDirector of Social Services

Voir la suite de la distribution

Ina CloughDeputy Director of Social Services Donald GeeDr Whitehead Roger SlomanPresenting Officer at Tribunal Frances CoxSupervisor at Home Josephine AntoszWarden at Hostel Lesley NightingaleAsst Supervisor at Home Marion ShakespeareChair of Tribunal Ann Haydn-EdwardsClerk Ann ArisTribunal Committee Len AnnettTribunal Committee Joanna ClayJubilee Committee Chair Eileen BeldonJubilee Committee Ken RoseJubilee Committee Gwen HarrisJubilee Committee Joe KenyonGroup Policy Meeting Leader Barry HartRoads Committee Chair Johnny AllanPlanning Committee Chair Jack PlattsHousing Committee Chair Anthony DuttonEducation Committee Chair Peter EllisLeft Wing Councillor David HattonDHSS Clerk Yvonne NicholsonDHSS Clerk Joan PetersSocial Services Committee Fred GauntSocial Services Committee Peter LawrencePauline's GP Phil KernotBailiff Gwyll WilliamsBailiff Johnny HackettForeman Ted CarrollWorkman Emrys EvansComedian/Club MC Bill MooresLocal in Pub Mick MillerPoliceman Stuart Lee2nd Policeman

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