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Yield to the Night is a British film of genre Drama directed by J. Lee Thompson released in USA on 18 november 1956 with Diana Dors
Yield to the Night (1956)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 november 1956
Length 1h39
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films about capital punishment
Rating70%
Yield to the Night (also titled Blonde Sinner) is a 1956 British crime drama film starring Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang and spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the unexpectedly skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the typical "blonde bombshell". The movie was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
The storyline in Yield to the Night bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film is based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. Coincidentally, Ruth Ellis appeared as an uncredited beauty queen in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again, also starring Diana Dors.Actors
Diana Dors
(Mary Price Hilton)
Yvonne Mitchell
(Matron Hilda MacFarlane)
Michael Craig
(Jim Lancaster)
Marie Ney
(Prison Governess)
Olga Lindo
(Senior Matron Hill)
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