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.
as Margaret Ashdown
as Sheila Gosse
as Eddie Gosse
as Dr. Cunningham
as Audrey Campbell
as George Standish
as Timmy Gosse
as Sister Thompson
as Sister Potts
as Receptionist
as Alec Foster
as Nurse
as Switchboard operator
