The Spongers (1978)

24 Jan 1978 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 44m

Set against the backdrop of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the play depicts a single mother's struggles in this highly polemical and unremittingly bleak diatribe against government welfare cuts from the poor and disabled.

Roland Joffé
Director

Jim Allen
Writer

Christine Hargreaves, Bernard Hill, Peter Kerrigan
Starring

Language: English
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8.6

IMDb (67 votes)