It Always Rains on Sunday

1947
Approved
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.

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Crime Drama Romance

An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Googie Withers, who played Rose Sandigate, and John McCallum, who played Tommy Swann, met on this movie and were married the next year. They were married for 62 years, until his death.

Goofs
Alfie Sandigate is seen arguing with his mother and then disappears into a side room moments before the reporter Slopey calls. There is then a brawl on the stairs and Tommy escapes. Surely the noise would have disturbed Alfie into making another appearance, but he seems to have completely disappeared.

Quotes
Joe: We don't cater to the criminal classes.
Detective Sergeant Fothergill: Turned over a new leaf?
Joe: There's such a thing as a law of libel.
Detective Sergeant Fothergill: There's such a thing as ham, but there's none in this sandwich.

Connections
Featured in Tuesday's Documentary: The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970)

Soundtracks
Theme Without Words
Composed by Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics by Henry Cornelius (uncredited)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Bleak, desolate, but heart warming

The film was made and set in the bleak environment of post-war east London and shows Robert Hamer to be an extremely talented and sophisticated film maker. Unlike Dearden and Relph, Hamer does not impose a moral framework on his characters. The film shows two sides of adultery between Googie Withers and the escaped convict and between her daughter and a Jewish shopkeeper. What makes this film stand out is its intentioned 'realism' and complex character portrayals. This little known classic is probably one of Ealing's finest films.