Cathy Come Home (played by Carol White) and Reg (Ray Brooks), and their descent into poverty and homelessness. At the start of the film, Cathy leaves her parents' overcrowded rural home and hitchhikes to the city, where she finds work and meets Reg, a well-paid lorry driver. They fall in love, marry, and rent a modern flat in a building that does not allow children. Cathy soon becomes pregnant and must stop working, and Reg is injured on the job and becomes unemployed. The loss of income and birth of the baby force them to leave their flat, and they are unable to
Cathy Geary Rush with him. Cathy then told Ray that their relationship was over. As Ray turned violent, had a fight with Gary, and later prowled around Gary's ranch, he was accidentally shot dead by the Wolfbridge Group, who thought that Ray was Gary. Later, Cathy became friends with Laura Avery and moved in with her. During this time she began singing at Isadora's club. She then met the shy and religious Joshua Rush, and they started a volatile relationship. Joshua wanted to marry Cathy but his control over her gave her doubts, but she married him hoping this would change. Cathy realized