It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

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Film details

Featuring

Googie Withers Jack Warner John McCallum
Director

Robert Hamer
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1947
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Introduction

When an escaped convict (John McCallum) demands that an old flame (Googie Withers) – now married but bored – let him hide in her Bethnal Green home, she inevitably experiences mixed emotions. Suspenseful and pleasingly sour in its observation of familial tensions, Robert Hamer’s classic makes imaginative use of an ordinary postwar home; in particular, the bedroom becomes a spur for private memories and illicit desires.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Rose Sandigate
    
    Googie Withers
  - Det Sgt Fothergill
    
    Jack Warner
  - Tommy Swann
    
    John McCallum
  - George Sandigate
    
    Edward Chapman
  - Whitey
    
    Jimmy Hanley
  - Freddie
    
    John Carol
  - Lou Hyams
    
    John Slater
  - Vi Sandigate
    
    Susan Shaw
  - Morry Hyams
    
    Sydney Tafler
  - Dicey
    
    Alfie Bass
  - Doris Sandigate
    
    Patricia Plunkett
  - Sadie Hyams
    
    Betty Ann Davies
  - Slopey Collins
    
    Michael Howard
  - Bessie, Morry's sister
    
    Jane Hylton
  - Det Sgt Leech
    
    Frederick Piper
  - barmaid of the 'Two Compasses'
    
    Betty Baskcomb
  - Mrs Spry
    
    Hermione Baddeley
  - Alfie Sandigate
    
    David Lines
  - Solly Hyams
    
    Meier Tzelniker
  - Ted Edwards
    
    Nigel Stock
  - Caleb Neesley
    
    John Salew
  - Mrs Neesley
    
    Gladys Henson
  - Mrs Watson
    
    Edie Martin
  - governor of the 'Two Compasses'
    
    Gilbert Davis
  - Bill Hawkins
    
    Al Millen
  - Mrs Wallis
    
    Vida Hope
  - yardmaster
    
    Arthur Hambling
  - Ted's landlady
    
    Grace Arnold
  - Reverend Black
    
    John Vere
  - Chuck Evans
    
    Patrick Jones
  - Joe
    
    Carr, Joe E.
  - Sam
    
    Fred Griffiths
  - Bertie Potts
    
    Francis O'Rawe
  - newspaper boy
    
    David Knox
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Robert Hamer
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Ealing Studios
  - Producer
    
    Michael Balcon
  - Associate Producer
    
    Henry Cornelius
  - Unit Manager
    
    Hand, Slim
  - Production Supervisor
    
    Hal Mason
  - Studio
    
    Ealing Studios
  Casting:
  - Crowd and Small Parts Casting
    
    Muriel Cole (uncredited)
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Angus MacPhail
  - Screenplay
    
    Robert Hamer
  - Screenplay
    
    Henry Cornelius
  - From the novel by
    
    Arthur La Bern
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Douglas Slocombe
  - Camera Operator
    
    Jeff Seaholme
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Richardson, C.
  - Special Effects
    
    Dendy, R.
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Michael Truman
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Duncan Sutherland
  Costumes:
  - Miss Googie Withers' Frocks designed by
    
    Horrockses Fashions Ltd.
  - Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    Anthony Mendleson
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Ernest Taylor
  - Hair Styles
    
    Doreen Hart
  Music:
  - Incidental Music
    
    Georges Auric
  - Song 'Theme Without Words' composed by
    
    Mischa Spoliansky
  - Music played by
    
    The Philharmonia Orchestra
  - Conductor
    
    Ernest Irving
  - Dance music arranged and played by
    
    Stanley Black
  - Dance music arranged and played by
    
    W. Pogson
  Sound:
  - Sound Supervisor
    
    Stephen Dalby
  - Recordist
    
    George Diamond