When the Bough Breaks (1971)

Drama
TV Movie

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.

Cast

Margaret Ashdown
Sheila Gosse
Alec Foster
Switchboard operator
Eddie Gosse
Dr. Cunningham
Audrey Campbell
George Standish
Timmy Gosse
Sister Thompson
Sister Potts
Receptionist

Crew