Girl on Approval

Girl on Approval

78 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1961

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.

Girl on Approval

78 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1961

Girl on Approval
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Eyeline Productions
Original title Girl on Approval
Directors Estelle Stewart, Roy Baird, Charles Frend
Writers Kathleen White, Kenneth Cavander

Cast

Rachel Roberts

as Anne Howland

James Maxwell

as John Howland

Annette Whiteley

as Sheila

Ellen McIntosh

as Mary Gardner

John Dare

as Stephen Howland

Michael Clarke

as William Howland