Sunday Always Rainy Day

This film (drama)Also known asIt Always Rains on Sunday，is aUnited KingdomProducerwomen sex，At1947Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating7.2(For reference only)。

This film is considered one of the finest non-comedic works produced by Ealing Studios, portraying a day in the life of the working class in East London through the lens of film noir, and is regarded as a pioneer of radical realism (kitchen-sink) works. In 2008, at the British Film Noir screening season in New York, the film received high praise from American critics; however, it had been relatively unknown prior, thus regarded as a neglected masterpiece of 1940s British cinema. The Village Voice praised it as a "masterpiece depicting 'predicaments' and 'unfulfilled desires,' with innovative use of flashbacks and overlapping narratives, and the performances of Weathers and McCallum are outstanding." Time Out described it as "an incredibly thrilling work! A raw yet hopelessly dark thriller, Robert Hammer’s portrayal of the London working class stew comes with a level of brutality and precision that is stirring, something most films dare not attempt, let alone achieve." The film begins on a rainy weekend morning, where housewife Rose Sandigate (played by Joanie Weathers) accidentally learns of Tommy Swann’s (John McCallum) prison escape. This leads Rose to reminisce about the past, revealing that she and Tommy were once lovers who almost married, but shortly after their engagement, Tommy was abruptly imprisoned, forcing Rose to marry someone else. To her surprise, escaped Tommy arrives seeking help, and out of old feelings, Rose hides him in her bedroom. Rose’s husband George Sandigate (Edward Chapman) has two daughters from a previous marriage—Vi and Doris. Vi dreams of singing and is entangled with a married man, Mori Himes, while Doris catches the eye of Himes’ brother, Lou, who invites her to work at a nightclub, causing a fierce argument with her boyfriend Ted. Officer Fothergill is tracking Tommy while also investigating a warehouse theft, committed by a gang led by Wighty, who are desperately trying to offload stolen goods, only to be outdone by Old Neasley. For revenge, Wighty plans a violent robbery against Old Neasley. Late at night, Rose intends to help Tommy escape, but a sudden visit from a journalist puts her in a state of confusion.