Sparrows Can't Sing (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.
Director:
Joan Littlewood
Writers:
Joan Littlewood, Stephen Lewis.
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James Booth as Charlie Gooding |
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Barbara Windsor as Maggie Gooding |
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Roy Kinnear as Fred Gooding |
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Avis Bunnage as Bridgie Gooding |
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Brian Murphy as Jack |
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George Sewell as Bert |
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Barbara Ferris as Nellie Gooding |
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Griffith Davies as Chunky |
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Murray Melvin as Georgie |
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Arthur Mullard as Ted |
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Peggy Ann Clifford as Ted's Wife |
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Wally Patch as Watchman |
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Bob Grant as Perce |
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Stephen Lewis as Caretaker |
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Queenie Watts as Queenie |
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Victor Spinetti as Arnold |
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Jenny Sontag as Momma |
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May Scagnelli as Gran |
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Fanny Carby as Lil |
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Yootha Joyce as Barmaid |
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Janet Howse as Janet |
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John Junkin as Bridge Operator |
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Harry H. Corbett as Greengrocer |
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Marjie Lawrence as Girl |
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Glynn Edwards as Charlie's Friend |
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Gerry Raffles as Lorry Driver |
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Rita Webb as Maggie's Neighbor |
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Eve Eden as Eve |
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Paddy Joyce as Barman |
| Directing | Joan Littlewood | Director |
| Production | Donald Taylor | Producer |
| Sound | Stanley Black | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mutz Greenbaum | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter | Editor |
| Writing | Stephen Lewis | Writer |
| Production | Clifford Parkes | Production Manager |
| Art | Bernard Sarron | Art Direction |
| Directing | Peter Medak | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Peter Allwork | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Kevin Sutton | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Len Abbott | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Stephen Cross | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Estelle Stewart | Continuity |
| Directing | Barbara Rowland | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Lodge | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Polly Young | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Stanley Black | Music Director |
| Sound | James Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lionel Bart | Music |
| Writing | Joan Littlewood | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stephen Lewis | Screenplay |
