Yield to the Night

Overview:

A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life, finally finds a man she believes truly loves her, but she snaps when she finds out that he, too, is cheating on her, and she kills her boyfriend's mistress. Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

Released: 1956-06-19

Duration: 01:39:00

Genre: Drama

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Writer: John Cresswell, Joan Henry

Cast: Diana Dors, Joyce Blair, Marjorie Rhodes, ...

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Writer: John Cresswell Joan Henry

Cast: Diana Dors Joyce Blair Marjorie Rhodes Michael Ripper Mona Washbourne Michael Craig Harry Locke Olga Lindo Yvonne Mitchell Athene Seyler Liam Redmond Marie Ney Joan Miller Mary Mackenzie Geoffrey Keen Dandy Nichols John Charlesworth Alec Finter Molly Urquhart

Genre: Drama

Description

Loosely based, like Dance with a Stranger, on the Ruth Ellis case, this oddly austere thriller has Dors as the unrepentant murderess waiting in prison, thinking back over the events that made her kill, and agonising over whether she'll be given the death sentence or not. Decidedly anti-capital punishment, the film never actually excites, but thanks to the downbeat mood and the surprisingly effective performances, it does grip the attention. It never, however, attempts to explore in any depth the relationship between the legal practice of hanging and society's attitudes to crime.

Yield to the Night was filmed by J. Lee Thompson, the author of Happy Birthday to Me