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The Spongers

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The Spongers — Plot

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
  • January 24, 1978
  • Runtime
  • 104 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • Director
  • Roland Joffé

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The Spongers — Cast

Christine Hargreaves photo Christine Hargreaves Pauline Bernard Hill photo Bernard Hill Sullivan Peter Kerrigan photo Peter Kerrigan Peter Paula McDonagh Paula Gary Todd Gary Grace Allen Grace Dawn Booth Baby Dawn Angela Catherall Jackie

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