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- PG
- Crime, Drama
- 1947
- 92 mins
It Always Rains on Sunday
Synopsis
An escaped convict turns to his married ex-girlfriend for sanctuary in this working-class thriller from the Ealing stable
About
Director Robert Hamer was rather a toff at Ealing, yet this downbeat movie was one of the first successful attempts at siting a thriller and social drama in a working-class milieu.
Set in amid the (studio-built) squalour of London's East End, the film follows an escaped convict who turns to his ex-girlfriend - now discontentedly married - for help. She shelters him on a boring wet Sunday, but their newfound relationship is as short as his freedom, ending tragically in the Bethnal Green railway yards.
Cast & Connections
- Actor: Jack Warnet, Edward Chapman, Susan Shaw, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Patricia Plunkett
- Director: Robert Hamer
- Writer: Angus Mcphail, Henry Cornelius, Robert Hamer
- Producer: Michael Balcon
- Photographer: Douglas Slocombe
In a nutshell
We're used to grittier environments now, and the streets look dusty rather than mean, but the emotions, atmosphere and humour still ring true.
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