Yield to the Night


Yield to the Night

Theatrical poster to the US release of Yield to the Night (1956)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Produced by Kenneth Harper
Written by John Cresswell
Joan Henry
Starring Diana Dors
Music by Ray Martin
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Editing by Richard Best
Distributed by Associated British-Pathé
Release date(s) June 19, 1956 (UK)
November 18, 1956 (US)
Running time 99 mins.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

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. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the stereotypical "blonde bombshell".

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Plot

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. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Coincidentally, Ruth Ellis appeared as an uncredited beauty queen in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again, also staring Diana Dors.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Yield to the Night". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3652/year/1956.html. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 

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Films directed by J. Lee Thompson
1950s
Murder Without Crime (1950) · The Yellow Balloon (1953) · For Better, for Worse (1954) · The Weak and the Wicked (1954) · As Long as They're Happy (1955) · An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) · Yield to the Night (1956) · The Good Companions (1957) · Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) · Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) · North West Frontier (1959) · No Trees in the Street (1959) · Tiger Bay (1959)
1960s
I Aim at the Stars (1960) · The Guns of Navarone (1961) · Cape Fear (1962) · Taras Bulba (1962) · Kings of the Sun (1963) · What a Way to Go! (1964) · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965) · Return from the Ashes (1965) · Eye of the Devil (1966) · Mackenna's Gold (1969) · Before Winter Comes (1969) · The Chairman (1969)
1970s
1980s


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