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Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)

03/26/1963 Comedy, Drama 1h 34m
53%
User
Score
6.2/10
80%

Overview

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.

Joan Littlewood

Director

Stephen Lewis

Writer

Top Billed Cast

James Booth

James Booth

Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage

Avis Bunnage

Bridgie Gooding

Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy

Jack

George Sewell

George Sewell

Bert

Barbara Ferris

Barbara Ferris

Nellie Gooding

Griffith Davies

Griffith Davies

Chunky

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

Georgie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on September 25, 2022

Well it all starts rather inauspiciously with Barbara Windsor singing the Lionel Bart penned title song. Good? Well, no - not very. Thereafter we discover that she ("Maggie") used to be married to "Charlie" (James Booth) who has just returned from being at sea. Thing is, their marital house has been demolished and she has moved on to a new life with bus driver "Bert" (George Sewell) and he is determined to get her back. The whole thing has a made for television look to it and though there is a formidable array of British comic acting talent on display, I found the writing to be really weak with the limitations of Miss Windsor as an actress being writ large as she really struggles to carry this (very lightly) comedic enterprise - riddled with innuendo and stereotype - for ninety minutes. It...

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