S5.E7

Cathy Come Home

Name: Cathy Come Home
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-03-28
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis

Episode aired Mar 28, 1969
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.1K

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Drama

A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down th... Read allA wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from house to house, each smaller than the last. Hope is b... Read allA wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from house to house, each smaller than the last. Hope is briefly found, But fate strikes again under a cruel word: Eviction. The family flees. A car... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.1K

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- Ken Loach
- Jeremy Sandford(story)
- Ken Loach(screenplay)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Ray Brooks and Carol White in Cathy Come Home (1966)

Carol White in The Wednesday Play (1964)

Ray Brooks and Carol White in The Wednesday Play (1964)

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Trivia
At an anniversary screening of 'Cathy Come Home', Ken Loach spoke of how the play had become an important part in making the debate on homelessness public. At the same event his producer, Tony Garnett, pointed out that the number of homeless in Britain had more than doubled "but Ken (Loach) and I now live in much more expensive houses."

Quotes
Cathy Ward: You don't care. You only pretend to care.

Connections
Featured in Television: Play Power (1985)

Soundtracks
500 Miles
Written by Hedy West
Performed by Sonny & Cher

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Featured review

9/10

Is Ken Loach the most depressed man in the world?

What to say about this one? Heartbreaking, bleak, hopeless take on unemployment and overpopulation in England. It's not overindulging, it's not constructed, it just is, which makes it even worse to watch.

Basically you'll be watching the slow disintegration of this young couple that falls in love and tries to start a family. What begins as a love story, ends up exposing a social security system, completely incapable of handling the overpopulation, or the people it affects.

It's depression in film form. But to Loach's great credit, the point, the punch of this movie, never feels strained. If you liked this (if you thought it was good that is), My Name is Joe could be next Loach film you should look into.

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