

Sparrows Can't Sing
March 26, 1963•1h 34m•★ 5.3
ComedyDrama
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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Director
Joan LittlewoodCast

James Booth
Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor
Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear
Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage
Bridgie Gooding

Brian Murphy
Jack

George Sewell
Bert

Barbara Ferris
Nellie Gooding
?
Griffith Davies
Chunky

Murray Melvin
Georgie

Arthur Mullard
Ted
?
Peggy Ann Clifford
Ted's Wife

Wally Patch
Watchman

Bob Grant
Perce

Stephen Lewis
Caretaker

Queenie Watts
Queenie

Victor Spinetti
Arnold
?
Jenny Sontag
Momma
?
May Scagnelli
Gran
?
Fanny Carby
Lil

Yootha Joyce
Barmaid
