Sheila's 14. 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...Starring Oscar Nominated actress Rachel Roberts (This Sporting Life, O Lucky Man!) as Anne andsensitively directed by Charles Frend (The Cruel Sea, Scott of the Antarctic) Girl on Approval is a major example of the British New Wave, a brilliant study of troubled lives.
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1960s British drama in which a couple adopt a troubled child. Sheila (Annette Whiteley) is only 14-years-old but has already had a tough life. With her mother in prison and her father unknown to her, Sheila is in care and has been taken in by any number of foster families, none of whom have helped her find a way to settle down. The latest couple to try and provide a home for her are Anne (Rachel Roberts) and John (James Maxwell). Will they be any more successful than their predecessors?
A troubled girl comes into the home of her foster-parents with predictable results
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