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| Sparrows Can't Sing |
Charlie returns from two years at sea to find his 'two-up-two-down' demolished and his wife Maggie shacked up in a new tower block with a reliable bus driver.
The only film directed by Joan Littlewood, Britain's Grand Dame of modern theatre, is a breezy East-ender comedy brimming with ear-popping cockney dialect and a slew of local characters.
'Carry On' star Barbara Windsor is superb as the wife who has opted for a pragmatic liaison over the romantic charms of her wayward sailor husband.
Shot mostly on location in Stepney, the film is now an endearing social document to a changing London neighbourhood.
