The Spongers (1978)

10.0/10 • 104 min • Drama TV Movie

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.

Cast

Christine Hargreaves

Bernard Hill

Peter Kerrigan

Peter

Bernard Atha

Councillor Conway

Fred Pearson

Director of Social Services

Donald Gee

Roger Sloman

Presenting Officer at Tribunal

Lesley Nightingale

Asst Supervisor at Home

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