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  • It Always Rains on a Sunday
  • It Always Rains on a Sunday review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 4 stars Drama and social commentary 21 November 2005
    ...'It always rains on a Sunday' observes George Sandigate (Edward Chapman) to his wife Rose (Googie Withers) at the beginning of this film, as the rain pours down outside the w...  

Edward Chapman - filmography


  • The October Man (1947)
    Starring: John Mills,  Joan Greenwood,  Edward Chapman
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. [Black and White]
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 10 members
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  • Proud Valley (1939)
    Starring: Paul Robeson,  Edward Chapman,  Simon Lack
    Director: Pen Tennyson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hoping to find work in Wales, David Goliath (Paul Robeson: Show Boat), a ship’s stoker, boards a train and winds up in a small mining town. There, his powerful physique and magnificent singing voice attract the attention of Parry (Simon Lack), the choir director, who hopes to win the ..read more »
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    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Rembrandt on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Charles Laughton,  Gertrude Lawrence,  Elsa Lanchester
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The dramatic story of the life and loves of the Dutch painter, Rembrandt. When his much adored wife dies, his work takes on a dark feel that his patrons dislike. He ends up bankrupt but consoles himself in an affair with his pretty maid, which brings some happiness back into his life.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 68 members
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  • Things To Come (1936)
    Starring: Raymond Massey,  Ralph Richardson,  Ann Todd
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A visually sweeping sci-fi classic full of futuristic vistas and modern cityscapes, based on the story by H.G. Wells and written for the screen by Wells. Beginning before World War II and travelling to 2036 AD, this journey predicts a host of modernities before following a rocketship to the moon. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 446 members
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  • Press For Time on DVD
    Starring: Norman Wisdom,  Edward Chapman,  Jerry Desmonde
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Making a catastrophe out of every assignment is a speciality for are reporter Norman Shields. Whatever the story Norman is sent to cover, he ends up making hilarious news rather than reporting it: even a beauty contest, Norman manages to find himself on centre stage rather than in a press gallery. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 501 members
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Edward Chapman - watch online


  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Joan Gardner,  Roland Young
    Director: Lothar Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. After being thrown out of a bar for what is thought to be a trick, he tests his powers and eventually sends a policeman to Hades by accident. Worried, he sends the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Things to Come to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Raymond Massey,  Edward Chapman,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primative localized communities. In ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 8 members
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Edward Chapman facts

5 most recent films

The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
X The Unknown - 3.0 stars
The Card - 3.5 stars
It Always Rains on a Sunday - 3.5 stars
The October Man - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars
Rembrandt - 3.5 stars
The Bulldog Breed - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Proud Valley - 3 stars
Murder - 2.5 stars
Ships with Wings - 2.5 stars
Early Hitchcock - Murder! - 3.0 stars
The October Man - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Norman Wisdom - 8 times - show films
Jerry Desmonde - 5 times - show films
Ralph Richardson - 4 times - show films
Sophie Stewart - 4 times - show films
Ann Todd - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Asher - 8 times - show films
John Paddy Carstairs - 4 times - show films
William Cameron Menzies - 2 times - show films
Alfred Hitchcock - 2 times - show films
Lothar Mendes - 2 times - show films