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Girl on Approval
Girl on Approval
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Girl on Approval

1961
Directed byCharles Frend
1h 18m

Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her future looks bleak.

CAST
Rachel RobertsAnne HowlandJames MaxwellJohn HowlandAnnette WhiteleySheila
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Ellen McIntoshMary Gardner
John DareStephen Howland
Michael ClarkeWilliam Howland
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Eyeline Productions
RATING
7.3

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