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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

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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Edward Chapman ...
Susan Shaw ...
Patricia Plunkett ...
David Liney ...
Alfie Sandigate (as David Lines)
Sydney Tafler ...
Betty Ann Davies ...
John Slater ...
Lou, his brother
Jane Hylton ...
Bessie, his sister
Meier Tzelniker ...
Solly, his father
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Tommy Swann
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Whitey
John Carol ...
Freddie
Alfie Bass ...
Dicey
Jack Warner ...
Det. Sergt. Fothergill
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Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London's East End on a wet Sunday. (Is this film why people think it always rains in England ?) Rose was engaged to local wild boy Tommy Swann but he got imprisoned on Dartmoor. After he was locked up she got married to sedate but dull George. Tommy's now broken out of jail and comes to see Rose to get help to flee the country. Written by Steve Crook <[email protected]>

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The secrets of a street you know

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1948 (Austria)  »

Also Known As:

Die Flucht vor Scotland Yard  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,176 (USA) (7 March 2008)

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$7,176 (USA) (7 March 2008)
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(RCA Sound System)

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1.37 : 1
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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. See more »

Goofs

At the club, when Sadie (Morry's wife) sits down to talk to Doris, the spotlight shines on the wall behind them, and the shadow of the microphone is briefly visible. See more »

Quotes

[Morry has just told off Sadie for buying retail]
Morry Hyams: Where are you going?
Sadie Hyams: To get some fresh air. Don't worry, I'll get it wholesale.
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Featured in Forever Ealing (2002) See more »

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Ealing Follies
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Music by Stanley Black
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13 August 2009 | by (London UK) – See all my reviews

It is already listed but if you want to see the street where the family was "living" go to Hartland Road, just off Chalk Farm Road, just north of Camden Market. It is amazing how little has changed! (except the price of property!) It is odd to think that the street in which the film was set in such a period of shortages is now so close to such overt consumerism!

Also nice to note that is the fact that "Rose"- Googie Withers and "lover boy" John McCallum married each other for real in the year that the film was made and are still alive and married to each other today!

I wonder if films which are so "depressing" could be made today. Maybe the audience is just not there anymore. Conditions have improved since then and film-makers have to relate to their current audiences (usually under 25!)


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