Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
35K Comedy Drama Genre Arthur Mullard Artur Vojtetsky Avis Bunnage Barbara Ferris Barbara Windsor Bob Grant Brian Murphy Fanny Carby George Sewell Griffith Davies James Booth Janet Howse Jenny Sontag Joan Littlewood May Scagnelli Murray Melvin Peggy Ann Clifford Roy Kinnear Stephen Lewis Tatyana Shestakova V. Grishchenko Victor Spinetti Viktor Astafyev Viktor Semyonov Vitali Bazin Wally Patch Yootha Joyce Yuri Grebenshchikov 6.2 English Finland Joan Littlewood
Sparrows Can’t Sing: Directed by Joan Littlewood. With James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, Avis Bunnage. 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.
“Wonderful British kitchen-sink comedy/drama from Joan Littlewood. Wonderful, beautiful Barbara playing the titular Maggie makes this film a true delight and a snapshot of the East End in the early 60s. Was it really like this? Who cares. A thoroughly enjoyable and repeatable watch.”
