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.[2] It stars Glyn Houston, Anthony Newlands and Nadja Regin, and features Michael Caine in an early supporting role.[3] 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.[4]
Solo for Sparrow | |
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Directed by | Gordon Flemyng |
Written by | Roger Marshall |
Based on | novel The Gunner by Edgar Wallace[1] |
Produced by | Jack Greenwood Abhinandan Nikhanj |
Starring | Anthony Newlands |
Cinematography | Bert Mason |
Edited by | Robert Jordan Hill |
Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (U.K.) |
Release date | 1962 |
Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.