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Yield to the Night
Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night

1956 99 min ★ 6.9 Drama, Crime

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

Cast

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Mary Price Hilton

Yvonne Mitchell

Yvonne Mitchell

Matron Hilda MacFarlane

Michael Craig

Michael Craig

Jim Lancaster

Marie Ney

Marie Ney

Prison Governess

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Prison Chaplain

Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond

Prison Doctor

Olga Lindo

Olga Lindo

Senior Matron Hill

Joan Miller

Joan Miller

Matron Barker

Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes

Matron Brandon

Molly Urquhart

Mason

Details

Director

J. Lee Thompson

Screenplay

John Cresswell

Tagline

"The Man-By-Man Story of a Lost Soul!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Kenneth Harper Production, Associated British Picture Corporation

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

February 26, 2023

★ 7/10

This is a super vehicle for Diana Dors as the imprisoned "Mary". We know right from the start that she gunned down "Lucy" outside her mews cottage, and that her appeal has failed. Death row looms as she sits in her cell, accompanied at all times by two prison officers, awaiting a reprieve that may, or may not, come. Whilst she waits, we wait - and we learn a little about just what drove her to com...

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