The Spongers
1978, English. Directed by Roland Joffé.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 24 January 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Jim Allen
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The Spongers runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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The Spongers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 January 1978. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Spongers?
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Who directed The Spongers?
The Spongers (1978) was directed by Roland Joffé and stars Christine Hargreaves, Bernard Hill, Peter Kerrigan.