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Sparrows Can't Sing

Play trailer Poster for Sparrows Can't Sing 1963,  1h 32m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 55% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
When a British merchant seaman (James Booth) returns home after two years, he finds his wife (Barbara Windsor) living with a married bus driver.

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Tom Milne Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020
It all bounces along at a fair old pace, but the sum of its parts adds up to no more than the sum of its parts... But at least it does surest. Go to Full Review
Kate Muir The Times (UK) Oct 5, 2015
4/5
A baby-voiced, buxom, battling Barbara Windsor stars in all her glory in this warm-yer-cockles Cockney drama that borders on panto at times. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Feb 23, 2012
Booth is a striking personality, a punchy blend of toughness, potential evil and irresistible charm. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Sep 13, 2025
3/4
This one’s full of flavor. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Oct 7, 2019
Even for people weary of Britain's kitchen-sink school of realism on the screen, this impudent Cockney comedy can be recommended as lively entertainment. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Jul 11, 2019
The pace is jaunty, nothing is underlined or lingered over, the touch is light. [Director Joan Littlewood] has thrown a dozen Dickensian oddballs into the pot, stirred vigorously, and served up the mixture piping hot. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Joan Littlewood

Director

James Booth

Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor

Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear

Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage

Bridgie Gooding

Brian Murphy

Jack

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Sparrows Can't Sing

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Movie Info

Synopsis When a British merchant seaman (James Booth) returns home after two years, he finds his wife (Barbara Windsor) living with a married bus driver.
Director
Joan Littlewood
Screenwriter
Joan Littlewood, Stephen Lewis
Production Co
Carthage Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m
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