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When the Bough Breaks

10.019711h 15mMovieDramaTV Movie

NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.

DirectorJames Ferman
WriterTony Parker
ProducerIrene Shubik

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Cast · Directed by James Ferman

HGHannah Gordon
Hannah Gordon
Margaret Ashdown
CK
Cheryl Kennedy
Sheila Gosse
NMNeil McCarthy
Neil McCarthy
Eddie Gosse
DBDonald Burton
Donald Burton
Dr. Cunningham
EM
Edith MacArthur
Audrey Campbell
GD
Griffith Davies
George Standish
MP
Mark Parr
Timmy Gosse
YCYsanne Churchman
Ysanne Churchman
Sister Thompson
RKRuth Kettlewell
Ruth Kettlewell
Sister Potts
ME
Margaret Elliot
Receptionist
ANAndrew Neil
Andrew Neil
Alec Foster
JD
Jumoke Debayo
Nurse

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When the Bough Breaks — streaming FAQ

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When the Bough Breaks hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 24, 1971. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.