Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 26, 1963

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.

Sparrows Can't Sing

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 26, 1963

Sparrows Can't Sing
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title Sparrows Can't Sing
Directors Joan Littlewood
Writers Joan Littlewood, Stephen Lewis

Cast

James Booth

as Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor

as Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear

as Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage

as Bridgie Gooding

Brian Murphy

as Jack

George Sewell

as Bert

Barbara Ferris

as Nellie Gooding

Griffith Davies

as Chunky

Murray Melvin

as Georgie

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Ted's Wife

Wally Patch

as Watchman

Bob Grant

as Perce

Stephen Lewis

as Caretaker

Queenie Watts

as Queenie

Victor Spinetti

as Arnold

Jenny Sontag

as Momma

May Scagnelli

as Gran

Fanny Carby

as Lil

Yootha Joyce

as Barmaid

Janet Howse

as Janet

John Junkin

as Bridge Operator

Harry H. Corbett

as Greengrocer

Marjie Lawrence

as Girl

Glynn Edwards

as Charlie's Friend

Gerry Raffles

as Lorry Driver

Rita Webb

as Maggie's Neighbor

Eve Eden

as Eve