Cathy Come Home ( The Wednesday Play )

Cathy Come Home (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Wednesday Play
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Loach

Written By:
Jeremy Sandford
Ken Loach

Actors:
Carol White ..... Cathy Ward
Ray Brooks ..... Reg Ward
Winifred Dennis ..... Mrs. Ward
Wally Patch ..... Grandad
Adrienne Frame ..... Eileen
Emmett Hennessy ..... Johnny
Alec Coleman ..... Wedding Guest
Geoffrey Palmer ..... Property Agent
Gabrielle Hamilton ..... Welfare Officer
Phyllis Hickson ..... Mrs. Alley
Frank Veasey ..... Mr. Hodge
Barry Jackson ..... Rent Collector
James Benton ..... Man at Eviction
Ruth Kettlewell ..... Judge
John Baddeley ..... Housing Officer
Kathleen Broadhurst ..... Landlady
Ralph Lawton ..... Health Inspector
Gladys Dawson ..... Mrs. Penfold
Ron Pember ..... Mr. Jones (as Ronald Pember)
Paddy Joyce ..... Mr. Abercander
Liz McKenzie ..... Mrs. Jones
Maureen Ampleford ..... Pauline Jones
Anne Ayres ..... Anne Jones
Lennard Pearce ..... Ratepayer
David Crane ..... Ratepayer / Barrister
Alan Selwyn ..... Ratepayer
Will Stampe ..... Boat Proprietor
Geraldine Moon ..... Girl in Derelict House
Bernard Price ..... Man in Street
Charles Leno ..... Warden at Cumbermere Lodge
John Lawrence ..... Welfare Committee Member
Joan Harsant ..... Nurse
Faith Kent ..... Welfare Committee Member
Julie May ..... Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge
Myrtle Mackenzie ..... Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge
Patti Dalton ..... Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge
Rose Hiller ..... Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge
Paddy Kent ..... Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge
Cleo Sylvestre ..... Inmate at Holm Lea
Terri Ansell ..... Inmate at Holm Lea
Andrea Lawrence ..... Inmate at Holm Lea
Doreen Herrington ..... Inmate at Holm Lea
Muriel Hunte ..... Inmate at Holm Lea
Edwin Brown ..... Warden at Holm Lea
Helen Booth ..... Landlady
Lila Kaye ..... Staff
Anne Hardcastle ..... Welfare Woman
Tim Brooke-Taylor ..... (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The program is a 'drama-documentary' concerning homelessness and its effect upon families. Written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach, the programme has become a British TV 'classic,' regularly referred to by critics and researchers as well as by programme-makers themselves. Part of the status accorded to Cathy is undoubtedly due to its particular qualities of scripting, direction and acting, but part follows from the way in which has been seen to focus and exemplify questions about the mixing of dramatic with documentary material and, more generally, about the public power of television in highlighting social problems.

From the BBC's influential 'Wednesday Play' series. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy, who loses her home, husband and eventually her child through the inflexibility of the British welfare system. A grim picture is painted of mid-sixties London, and though realistic the viewer cannot but realise that a political point is being made. One of the consequences of this film was the enormous public support for the housing charity 'Shelter', whose public launch came shortly after the programme was first shown.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 23 April, 2010.

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