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It Always Rains on Sunday

Play trailer Poster for It Always Rains on Sunday 1947,  1h 32m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In a working class neighborhood in London, a housewife named Rose (Googie Withers) finds herself in a serious bind when her old lover, Tommy Swann (John McCallum), escapes from prison and winds up in her backyard. Rose wants to escape the drudgery of her daily life and remembers the charming man Swann was before prison. But when Swann suspects that Rose is about to turn him in, he snaps, and threatens to destroy not only her fantasies about him but her family's security as well.

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J. Hoberman Tablet Mar 16, 2021
It Always Rains on Sunday might be called "kitchen-sink noir." Go to Full Review
David Jenkins Little White Lies Oct 25, 2012
5/5
A breathtaking melange of romance and crime drama. A British classic. Go to Full Review
Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Oct 25, 2012
4/5
A terrific sense of atmospheric foreboding is contributed by Douglas Slocombe's noirish cinematography and Georges Auric's fate-filled score. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 8, 2025
A-
Terrific working-class crime film noir. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Dec 16, 2023
Set over the course of a dreary day in the Bethnel Green neighborhood, Robert Hamer’s Brit noir is steeped in the malaise of post-World War II England mired in recession and food rationing... Go to Full Review
Sean Burns Crooked Marquee Jul 28, 2023
Disguised as a film noir, it’s actually a precursor to the early 1960s British kitchen sink dramas. I'm guessing this was an important film for a young Mike Leigh. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Hamer

Director

Googie Withers

Rose Sandigate

John McCallum

Tommy Swann

Jack Warner

Det. Sergt. Fothergill

Edward Chapman

George Sandigate

Jimmy Hanley

Whitey

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It Always Rains on Sunday

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Synopsis In a working class neighborhood in London, a housewife named Rose (Googie Withers) finds herself in a serious bind when her old lover, Tommy Swann (John McCallum), escapes from prison and winds up in her backyard. Rose wants to escape the drudgery of her daily life and remembers the charming man Swann was before prison. But when Swann suspects that Rose is about to turn him in, he snaps, and threatens to destroy not only her fantasies about him but her family's security as well.
Director
Robert Hamer
Producer
Michael Balcon
Screenwriter
Angus MacPhail
Production Co
Ealing Studios
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.2K
Runtime
1h 32m
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