Yield to the Night
1956 · Movie · NR · 99 min · ★ 6.9
The powerful story of salesgirl Mary Hilton (Diana Dors) who, after being convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, spends her final weeks in a condemned cell awaiting her sentence and remembering the events that led to her crime.
Also known as Blonde Sinner
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Details
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-06-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (41 votes)
Themes
- death penalty
- based on novel or book
- cheating
- narration
- death row
- death sentence
- women's prison
- prison guard
- flashback
- film noir
- murder
- british noir
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Diana Dors
as Mary Price Hilton
Yvonne Mitchell
as Matron Hilda MacFarlane
Michael Craig
as Jim Lancaster
Marie Ney
as Prison Governess
Geoffrey Keen
as Prison Chaplain
Liam Redmond
as Prison Doctor
Olga Lindo
as Senior Matron Hill
Joan Miller
as Matron Barker
Marjorie Rhodes
as Matron Brandon
- MU
Molly Urquhart
as Mason
Directed by J. Lee Thompson