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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Featured review

9/10

A black and white slice of English history in the late 40's

A superb study by Ealing studios, of a working class family, in the east end of London, after the 2nd World War. Googie Withers plays a harassed housewife, who during one Sunday lunchtime, discovers that her old boy friend, Tommy Swan, has broken out of jail and is in need of help.Local policeman Jack Warner is given the task of hunting him down. This film gives the viewer a fascinating look at life in England, in the late 1940's and early 50's. Look out for one scene, featuring the milkman, delivering milk, and his horse, walking up the centre of the street, and knowing just when to stop and when to go. Well worth watching.