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Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife

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 li...

Cast:
Charlie: James Booth
Maggie: Barbara Windsor
Fred: Roy Kinnear
Bridgie: Avis Bunnage
Jack: Brian Murphy
Bert: George Sewell
Nellie: Barbara Ferris
Chunky: Griffith Davies
Georgie: Murray Melvin
Ted: Arthur Mullard
Ted's Wife: Peggy Ann Clifford
Watchman: Wally Patch
Perce: Bob Grant
Caretaker: Stephen Lewis
Arnold: Victor Spinetti
Momma: Jenny Sontag
Gran: May Scagnelli
Lil: Fanny Carby
Yootha: Yootha Joyce
Janet: Janet Howse
Queenie: Queenie Watts
Pub Patron: Del Watson
Christabel - Maggie's Baby: Sarah Booth
Flamingo Club Barman: Maurice Bush
Charlie's Friend: Ron Carr
Flamingo Club Patron: Pat Connolly
Greengrocer: Harry H. Corbett
Stripper: Eve Eden
Charlie's Friend from Ship: Glynn Edwards
Street Urchin: Peter James Ellis
Man at Party: George Eugeniou
Man in Lift: Alan Gibbs
Taxi Driver: Fred Griffiths
Pub Barman: Slim Watts
Bridge Operator: John Junkin
Girl: Marjie Lawrence
Customer at Greengrocer's Market Stall: Joan Littlewood
Boy on the Wall: Michael Mackey
Old Lady on Bench: Edie Martin
Driver of Car Transporter: Gerry Raffles
Janet's Boyfriend: Terry Richards
Passerby: Pat Ryan
Neighbour in Tower Block: Rita Webb

Written by: Stephen Lewis, Joan Littlewood

Director: Joan Littlewood

Release date: 30 Oct 1964
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