Bill MacIlwraith

Mrs. Taggart is the one-eyed monster-mother, who, every year, demands the presence of her three grown sons at the celebration of her wedding anniversary. But the father has been dead for years and Mrs. Taggart has dominated and manipulated her sons so they will always stay close by. (imdb)

Margery Graham feels trapped living in a shabby suburban street with her lazy husband and small daughter. Harry, a slick salesman lodging with her mother, seduces her and then abandons her for her younger sister, Jinny. Margery's attempt at suicide brings Jinny to her senses. Harry is turned out, Jinny is reconciled with her boy-friend and Sid promises Margery better things for the future. (BFI)