Cathy Come Home

1966 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 1,211 VOTES · DIR. Ken Loach

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Overview

A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,328 lines

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00:00:01 (Traffic noise)
00:02:58 Yeah, this fitter down at the Lotus told me you just don't need brakes.
00:05:50 You all right, darling? You don't look at all well.
00:09:00 Felt different too, in your bones.
00:12:17 (Sighs)
00:15:57 (Woman) When I first came here
00:18:55 Keep your rotten old flat, it's driving me round the bloody bend!
00:22:07 Stephen, what are you doing? I told you not to play with the dirt.
00:25:14 I represent a nephew of the deceased, Mrs Alley what died last week.
00:28:15 it meant that we'd be living on next to nothing.
00:31:31 Up you get. That's a good boy.
00:34:55 The wind was getting up outside in the marsh.
00:37:59 (Man) You can always tell a traveller by the way he walks and acts
00:41:15 - Asleep, was she? - No, she'd had a few pints too!
00:44:26 There you are. I'll tan your arse when I get hold of you!
00:47:42 We used to house husbands once but they used to tear up the sheets.
00:51:06 (Man) There exists in local authorities
00:55:15 I'm not going back.
00:58:32 (Sniffs) You don't understand.
01:02:04 But you're not going to like it.
01:05:27 The letter that evicts you. They took her kids away.
01:08:34 I just feel I want to look away.
01:11:48 Mrs Ward
500:00:00 by government is not high enough.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,328
Dialogue density17.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorKen Loach
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,211