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The Spongers (1978)

ALL 01/24/1978 (en) Drama, TV Movie 104 Min
  • Release
    01/24/1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Spongers
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Roland Joffé

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Bill Shapter

    Editor

  4. Tony Garnett

    Producer



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  1. Christine Hargreaves

    Pauline

  2. Bernard Hill

    Sullivan

  3. Peter Kerrigan

    Peter

  4. Paula McDonagh

    Paula

  5. Gary Todd

    Gary

  6. Grace Allen

    Grace

  7. Dawn Booth

    Baby Dawn

  8. Angela Catherall

    Jackie

  9. Gertie Almond

    Gertie

  10. Elaine Lindsay

    Mrs Johnson

  11. Bernard Atha

    Councillor Conway

  12. Fred Pearson

    Director of Social Services

  13. Ina Clough

    Deputy Director of Social Services

  14. Donald Gee

    Dr Whitehead

  15. Roger Sloman

    Presenting Officer at Tribunal

  16. Frances Cox

    Supervisor at Home

  17. Josephine Antosz

    Warden at Hostel

  18. Lesley Nightingale

    Asst Supervisor at Home

  19. Marion Shakespeare

    Chair of Tribunal

  20. Ann Haydn-Edwards

    Clerk

  21. Ann Aris

    Tribunal Committee

  22. Len Annett

    Tribunal Committee

  23. Joanna Clay

    Jubilee Committee Chair

  24. Eileen Beldon

    Jubilee Committee

  25. Ken Rose

    Jubilee Committee

  26. Gwen Harris

    Jubilee Committee

  27. Joe Kenyon

    Group Policy Meeting Leader

  28. Barry Hart

    Roads Committee Chair

  29. Johnny Allan

    Planning Committee Chair

  30. Jack Platts

    Housing Committee Chair

  31. Anthony Dutton

    Education Committee Chair

  32. Peter Ellis

    Left Wing Councillor

  33. David Hatton

    DHSS Clerk

  34. Yvonne Nicholson

    DHSS Clerk

  35. Joan Peters

    Social Services Committee

  36. Fred Gaunt

    Social Services Committee

  37. Peter Lawrence

    Pauline's GP

  38. Phil Kernot

    Bailiff

  39. Gwyll Williams

    Bailiff

  40. Johnny Hackett

    Foreman

  41. Ted Carroll

    Workman

  42. Emrys Evans

    Comedian/Club MC

  43. Bill Moores

    Local in Pub

  44. Mick Miller

    Policeman

  45. Stuart Lee

    2nd Policeman

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 45 , Crews : 7

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The Spongers (1978) 104 Min

ALL 01/24/1978 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 01/24/1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title The Spongers
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Roland Joffé

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Bill Shapter

    Editor

  4. Tony Garnett

    Producer



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