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It Always Rains on a Sunday review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales

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... Read customer review

The Early Bird on DVD (1965)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
Norman causes chaos in a dispute between a large dairy company and his boss's one-horse operation

71% from 1,016 member

Stitch In Time, A on DVD (1963)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
An accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Norman decides to help.

71% from 848 members

The Bulldog Breed on DVD (1960)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Ian Hunter, David Lodge
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.

68% from 761 members

The Square Peg on DVD (1959)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman
Director: John Paddy Carstairs, Robert Asher
Certificate:
Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) is keen to help the war effort, and turns out to be a dead ringer for an enemy general. Joining up with his colleague, Mr Grimsdale, he is posted to France as part of a team repairing the damaged roads. Captured by the enemy, he turns his uncanny resemblance to his own ..read more »

71% from 729 members

X The Unknown on DVD (1956)
Starring: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern
Director: Leslie Norman
Certificate:
In 'X The Unknown' a creature terrorises the inhabitants of a Scottish village.

60% from 419 members

The Card (1952)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson
Director: Ronald Neame
Certificate:
Amusing adaptation of Arnold Bennett's tale of a young man who made the cards fall his way.

65% from 55 members
Not available for rental

It Always Rains on a Sunday on DVD (1948)
Starring: Googie Withers, Edward Chapman
Director: Robert Hamer
Certificate:
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house but she has since married and is far from keen on the idea.

66% from 516 members

The October Man (1947)
Starring: John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
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]

60% from 12 members
Currently unavailable

Ships with Wings on DVD (1942)
Starring: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Certificate:
SHIPS WITH WINGS follows three Fleet Air Arm pilots at peace and at war and their exploits during the battle for Greece

54% from 62 members

They Flew Alone on DVD (1941)
Starring: Joan Kemp-Welch, Anna Neagle, Robert Newton
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Certificate:
THEY FLEW ALONE is the biopic about pioneer aviatrix Amy Johnson. Anna Neagle portrays Amy, whose fame in the 1930s is such that songs are written about her and a worldwide fan club is organized. Ms. Johnson's fame exacts a toll on her marriage to pilot Jim Mollison (Robert Newton), a daredevil in ..read more »

70% from 30 members

Proud Valley on DVD (1939)
Starring: Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack
Director: Pen Tennyson
Certificate:
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 national ..read more »

68% from 66 members

Rembrandt on DVD (1936)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester
Director: Alexander Korda
Certificate:
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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.

70% from 121 members

Things To Come (1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
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H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, ..read more »

67% from 564 members
Currently unavailable

Murder (1930)
Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.

53% from 47 members
Not available for rental

Early Hitchcock - Murder! on DVD (1930)
Starring: Anny Ondra, Herbert Marshall, Betty Balfour
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
An early classic from the master of suspense. A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.

60% from 105 members

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Joan Gardner, Roland Young
Director: Lothar Mendes
Certificate:
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A group of celestial beings decide to bestow magical powers on a mild mannered draper's assistant, with comical results.

67% from 108 members
Not available for rental

Press For Time on DVD
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
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 »

67% from 584 members

The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
The Bulldog Breed - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars
X The Unknown - 3.0 stars

The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars
Rembrandt - 3.5 stars
Proud Valley - 3.5 stars

The October Man - 3.0 stars
They Flew Alone - 3.5 stars
Murder - 2.5 stars
Ships with Wings - 2.5 stars
X The Unknown - 3.0 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

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