Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 26, 1963Release Date
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 26, 1963Release Date
Plot.
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James Booth
Charlie
Barbara Windsor
Maggie
Roy Kinnear
Fred
Avis Bunnage
Bridgie
Brian Murphy
Jack
George Sewell
Bert
Barbara Ferris
Nellie
Griffith Davies
Chunky
Murray Melvin
Georgie
Peggy Ann Clifford
Ted's Wife
Arthur Mullard
Ted
Joan Littlewood
Director
Wally Patch
Watchman
Stephen Lewis
Writer
Bob Grant
Perce
Donald Taylor
Producer
Queenie Watts
Queenie
James Stevens
Composer
Victor Spinetti
Arnold
Desmond Dickinson
Cinematographer
Jenny Sontag
Momma
May Scagnelli
Gran
Mutz Greenbaum
Cinematographer
Fanny Carby
Lil
Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor
Yootha Joyce
Barmaid
Janet Howse
Janet
John Junkin
Bridge Operator
Harry H. Corbett
Greengrocer
Marjie Lawrence
Girl
Glynn Edwards
Charlie's Friend
Gerry Raffles
Lorry Driver
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Sparrows Can't Sing is a 1963 British kitchen sink comedy film. Based on a 1960 play, Sparrers Can't Sing, it was directed by Joan Littlewood and was from a story by Stephen Lewis. The producer was Donald Taylor and the original music by James Stevens, incidental music was composed by Stanley Black. The play, also by Stephen Lewis, was first performed at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in the Theatre Royal Stratford East.