It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1947 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robert Hamer

Written By:
Arthur La Bern
Henry Cornelius

Actors:
Googie Withers ..... Rose Sandigate
Edward Chapman ..... George Sandigate
Susan Shaw ..... Vi Sandigate
Patricia Plunkett ..... Doris Sandigate
David Lines ..... Alfie Sandigate
Sydney Tafler ..... Morry Hyams
Betty Ann Davies ..... Sadie Hyams
John Slater ..... Lou Hyams, brother of Morrie
Jane Hylton ..... Bessie Hyams, sister of Morrie
Meier Tzelniker ..... Solly Hyams, father of Morrie
John McCallum ..... Tommy Swann
Jimmy Hanley ..... Whitey
John Carol ..... Freddie
Alfie Bass ..... Dicey Perkins
Jack Warner ..... Detective Sergeant Fothergill

Synopsis:

After the war, British films began avoiding the heiresses and lordships that had dominated the drama field and began pursuing 'realism' - which often was just as artificial as the earlier white-telephone pictures. John McCallum plays Tommy Swann, a product of the working class who tries to better himself by becoming a criminal. Escaping from prison, Swann hides out in the East London home of his former mistress Rose (Googie Withers), who has since married George Sandigate (Edward Chapman). The film is told from Swann's point-of-view, and a dismal view that is. Nor does Rose seem any happier with her drab lot in life. Swann's return does nothing but further their misery, tearing Rose' family apart and sending Swann back into the arms of the law. Considered a tension-laden slice of life in 1949, It Always Rains on Sunday seems a bit contrived today, though it does full justice to the Arthur La Bern novel on which it is based -- especially when the film leaves the environs of the house and zeroes in on its colorful roster of bit actors.

A married woman shelters her former lover in her London home after he has escaped from prison. Discontented with her dull marriage, she begins to rediscover her former love for him.

An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house but she has since married and is far from keen on the idea.

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