When the Bough Breaks (1947)
Years ago a woman discovers that she married a bigamist and gives her baby boy to a couple for adoption. Now she has remarried and wants the baby back. This heart-wrenching drama chronicles her attempts to do so. Unfortunately, the boy loves his adoptive mother, not her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Patricia Roc, Rosamund John, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lawrence Huntington
Synopsis of When the Bough Breaks
Years ago a woman discovers that she married a bigamist and gives her baby boy to a couple for adoption. Now she has remarried and wants the baby back. This heart-wrenching drama chronicles her attempts to do so. Unfortunately, the boy loves his adoptive mother, not her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of When the Bough Breaks
- Patricia Roc - Lily Bates
- Bill Owen - Bill
- Patrick Holt - Robert Norman
- Leslie Dwyer - George
- Torin Thatcher - Adams
- Edith Sharpe - Matron
- Noel Howlett - Judge
- Ada Reeve - 2nd Landlady
- Mary Stone - Shop Assistant
- Sheila Huntington
- Rosamund John - Frances Norman
- Brenda Bruce - Ruby Chapman
- Cavan Malone - Jimmy
- Sonia Holm - Nurse
- Catherine Lacey - Almoner
- Gerald Case - Doctor
- Muriel George - 1st Landlady
- Joan Haythorne - Miss Brent
- Jane Hylton - Maid
- Edie Martin - Woman Customer
- Director(s):
- Lawrence Huntington
- Writer(s):
- Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Peter Rogers
- Producer(s):
- Betty E. Box
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