Solo for Sparrow

Solo for Sparrow

56 mins | Crime | Sept. 1, 1962

A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think that the case is better handed over to Scotland Yard, the local detective inspector, Sparrow (Glyn Houston), decides to go solo to investigate the crime himself.

Solo for Sparrow

56 mins | Crime | Sept. 1, 1962

Solo for Sparrow
A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think that the case is better handed over to Scotland Yard, the local detective inspector, Sparrow (Glyn Houston), decides to go solo to investigate the crime himself.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Merton Park Studios
Original title Solo for Sparrow
Directors Gordon Flemyng
Writers

Cast

Anthony Newlands

as Mr Reynolds

Glyn Houston

as Inspector Sparrow

Nadja Regin

as Mrs Reynolds

Allan Cuthbertson

as Superintendent Symington

Jack May

as Inspector Hudson

Murray Melvin

as Larkin

Wanda Ventham

as Waitress

Michael Caine

as Paddy Mooney

William Gaunt

as Detective Sergeant Reeve