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Sparrows Can't Sing is a 1963 British kitchen sink comedy, the only film that Joan Littlewood directed. It starred James Booth and Barbara Windsor. It was written by Stephen Lewis based on his 1960 play Sparrers Can't Sing, first performed at Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in the Theatre Royal Stratford East. The producer was Donald ...
Sparrows Can't Sing: Directed by Joan Littlewood. With James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, Avis Bunnage. After 2 years at sea, Charlie comes home to find his house demolished, wife Maggie gone, living with married Bert and their toddler.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Joan Littlewood
- 1964-10-30
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sparrows Can't Sing. 1963 1h 34m Comedy Drama List. 80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 55% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings When a British merchant seaman (James Booth) returns home after two...
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- James Booth
- Joan Littlewood
- Comedy, Drama
Centred by a BAFTA-nominated performance by Barbara Windsor, in the role of Maggie Gooding, the wandering wife of Charlie (James Booth), this adaptation of Stephen Lewis' eponymous play sadly turned out to be the only film directed by Joan Littlewood.
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- Joan Littlewood
Joan Littlewood’s cracking Cockney comedy drama Sparrows Can’t Sing is a sixties gem starring Barbara Windsor, Bafta nominated for her lead role, and a host of now familiar faces making their screen debuts, in a film that would pave the way for the realist, semi-improvised work of the likes of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach.
Mother of modern theatre Joan Littlewood’s only foray into film came in 1963 with Sparrows Can’t Sing. It was an adaptation of a play of almost the same name – simply replace ‘Sparrows’ with the Cockney translation, ‘Sparrers’ – penned by Stephen Lewis, who would later find TV fame with On the Buses and Last of the Summer Wine.
