The Spongers (1978)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1978-01-24
Runtime: 104 minutes
Director: Roland Joffé
Top Cast
- Christine Hargreaves as Pauline
- Bernard Hill as Sullivan
- Peter Kerrigan as Peter
- Paula McDonagh as Paula
- Gary Todd as Gary
- Grace Allen as Grace
- Dawn Booth as Baby Dawn
- Angela Catherall as Jackie
- Gertie Almond as Gertie
- Elaine Lindsay as Mrs Johnson
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