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Solo for Sparrow
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Wikipedia article
'Solo for Sparrow' is a 1962 crime film directed by Gordon Flemyng and produced by Jack Greenwood and Abhinandan Nikhanj, part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British second-features. It stars Glyn Houston, Anthony Newlands and Nadja Regin, and features Michael Caine in an early supporting role. The film was released in America in 1966, when the producers capitalised on Caine's new-found fame and released it with his name above the title.
Plot
Inspector Sparrow (Glyn Houston) is a provincial detective who sets up his own private-eye firm when Scotland Yard meddles with his business. When crooks accidentally kill a shop cashier while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works, Sparrow goes to work. He successfully tracks down the criminals and turns them over to Scotland Yard.
Cast
* Glyn Houston as Inspector Sparrow
* Anthony Newlands as Reynolds
* Nadja Regin as Mrs. Reynolds
* Michael Coles as Pin Norman
* Allan Cuthbertson as Chief Superintendent Symington
* Ken Wayne as Baker
* Jerry Stovin as Lewis
* Jack May as Inspector Hudson
* Murray Melvin as Larkin
* Peter Thomas as Bell
* Michael Caine as Mooney
* Neil McCarthy as Dusty
* Susan Maryott as Sue Warren
* William Gaunt as Detective Sergeant Reeve
* Nancy O'Neil as Miss Martin
* Yvonne Buckingham as Jenny
* Bartlett Mullins as Mr. Walters
* Wanda Ventham as Waitress
* Eric Dodson as Dr. Wolfson
References
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