Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

5.3

Mar 26 1963

2h 34m

Comedy, Drama

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.

James Booth

James Booth

Charlie Gooding

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Maggie Gooding

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Fred Gooding

Avis Bunnage

Avis Bunnage

Bridgie Gooding

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