It Always Rains on Sunday
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It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British film noir-style drama set in London’s East End, noted for its gritty realism and produced by influential British film producer Michael Balcon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It Always Rains on Sunday canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Always Rains on Sunday Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, It Always Rains on Sunday]
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A.
Tell Me on a Sunday
Tell Me on a Sunday is a one-act musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber that follows the romantic misadventures of a young English woman living in the United States.
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B.
Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays is a soulful, introspective R&B album by American singer-songwriter SiR that helped establish his signature mellow, atmospheric sound.
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C.
A Month of Sundays
A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.
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D.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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E.
This Sunday
"This Sunday" is a novel by Chilean writer José Donoso, associated with the Latin American Boom and known for its exploration of psychological and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Always Rains on Sunday Target entity description: It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British film noir-style drama set in London’s East End, noted for its gritty realism and produced by influential British film producer Michael Balcon.
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A.
Tell Me on a Sunday
Tell Me on a Sunday is a one-act musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber that follows the romantic misadventures of a young English woman living in the United States.
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B.
Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays is a soulful, introspective R&B album by American singer-songwriter SiR that helped establish his signature mellow, atmospheric sound.
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C.
A Month of Sundays
A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.
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D.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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E.
This Sunday
"This Sunday" is a novel by Chilean writer José Donoso, associated with the Latin American Boom and known for its exploration of psychological and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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film noir-style drama ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Arthur La Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | It Always Rains on Sunday (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | British cinema of the 1940s ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
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domestic life ⓘ post-war hardship ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
East End of London
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect | depiction of working-class East End life ⓘ |
| notableFor | gritty realism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ealing Studios films ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSourceWork | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1947-11-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Angus MacPhail
NERFINISHED
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Henry Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-war London ⓘ |
| stars |
Betty Ann Davies
NERFINISHED
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Edward Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ Googie Withers NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermione Baddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ John McCallum NERFINISHED ⓘ John Slater NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Plunkett NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney Tafler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: It Always Rains on Sunday Description of subject: It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British film noir-style drama set in London’s East End, noted for its gritty realism and produced by influential British film producer Michael Balcon.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Michael Balcon