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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: 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. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Cannes Film Festival, ...Yield to the Night ( Blonde Sinner )
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This must surely be one of the best British films of the 1950s, if not of all time. Often mistakenly described as either the story of, or based on the story of Ruth Ellis, "Yield to the Night" was already in production when Mrs Ellis shot her lover. This powerful film never preaches or moralises at it's audience. It's strength is in it's depiction of a human being in extraordinary circumstances facing up to both the past and the ever shortening future.
Diana Dors' performance must have been a revelation to a public who knew and adored her as a glamorous star who retained her girl next door quality. Her portrayal of Mary Hilton is astonishing for any actress, let alone one predominantly known for light comedies. The use of flashbacks to Mary's life before her crime opens the way for Miss Dors to vividly depict the change in her character, thus making the prison scenes even more affecting. In these scenes she shows her absolute command of film acting by carrying whole scenes acting purely with her eyes. The scene with the Governess and the letter is almost painful to watch thanks to this ability. The contrast between Mary's deceptively still moments and the accompanying voice over of her anguished thoughts is riveting.
As other reviewers have said, special mention has to go to that unsung great of British cinema, Yvonne Mitchell. Her gentle prison guard who cautiously befriends Mary is a delicate counterpoint to the bleak regime. Her character is an emotional prisoner, almost ironically condemned by domestic circumstances to a life with little purpose or meaning. Apart from the prison visitor, a delightful performance from the wonderful Athene Sayler, she is just about the only genuinely unselfish person in Mary's life.
Michael Craig is brilliant as the pathetically weak willed young man who draws Mary into a doomed relationship. When watched in relation to "Payroll", this shows what a superbly versatile actor he was. Dandy Nicholls is also note perfect as Mary's self pitying mother who manages to make herself the victim of the tragedy in her brief scenes.
The photography is excellent, sharply contrasting the prison environment with the optimistic mood of paost war, post rationing Britain shown in the flashbacks. The prison regime is indeed bleak and full of casual cruelties, from guards chatting as though Mary isn't there, through the brightly lit nights which deprive her of sleep, to the terrible door at the foot of her bed. But ultimately this is a moving and rewarding movie that explores the human spirit in a way that is rarely seen, and hardly ever as well as this.
Diana Dors' performance must have been a revelation to a public who knew and adored her as a glamorous star who retained her girl next door quality. Her portrayal of Mary Hilton is astonishing for any actress, let alone one predominantly known for light comedies. The use of flashbacks to Mary's life before her crime opens the way for Miss Dors to vividly depict the change in her character, thus making the prison scenes even more affecting. In these scenes she shows her absolute command of film acting by carrying whole scenes acting purely with her eyes. The scene with the Governess and the letter is almost painful to watch thanks to this ability. The contrast between Mary's deceptively still moments and the accompanying voice over of her anguished thoughts is riveting.
As other reviewers have said, special mention has to go to that unsung great of British cinema, Yvonne Mitchell. Her gentle prison guard who cautiously befriends Mary is a delicate counterpoint to the bleak regime. Her character is an emotional prisoner, almost ironically condemned by domestic circumstances to a life with little purpose or meaning. Apart from the prison visitor, a delightful performance from the wonderful Athene Sayler, she is just about the only genuinely unselfish person in Mary's life.
Michael Craig is brilliant as the pathetically weak willed young man who draws Mary into a doomed relationship. When watched in relation to "Payroll", this shows what a superbly versatile actor he was. Dandy Nicholls is also note perfect as Mary's self pitying mother who manages to make herself the victim of the tragedy in her brief scenes.
The photography is excellent, sharply contrasting the prison environment with the optimistic mood of paost war, post rationing Britain shown in the flashbacks. The prison regime is indeed bleak and full of casual cruelties, from guards chatting as though Mary isn't there, through the brightly lit nights which deprive her of sleep, to the terrible door at the foot of her bed. But ultimately this is a moving and rewarding movie that explores the human spirit in a way that is rarely seen, and hardly ever as well as this.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The very lovely Diana Dors gives an outstanding performance as a murderess on death row awaiting a reprieve. An all star cast of yesteryear support her in this profound drama as we are taken through flashbacks and feel her every emotion.
Contrary to other films of a similar genre, the prison staff feel her distress along with her and there are none of the usual bad eggs in the basket.
It is undoubtedly one of the most moving films I have watched ever. I am not prone to tears when watching films, but this one had me welling up.
Outstanding cinematography and direction.
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE.
We miss you Diana - always smiling - always lovely. God bless You.
Contrary to other films of a similar genre, the prison staff feel her distress along with her and there are none of the usual bad eggs in the basket.
It is undoubtedly one of the most moving films I have watched ever. I am not prone to tears when watching films, but this one had me welling up.
Outstanding cinematography and direction.
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE.
We miss you Diana - always smiling - always lovely. God bless You.
44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Diana Dors was famous, world famous, as one of the 1950's Blonde Bombshells, she blazed through the decade in a series of tabloid headlines and magazine covers then in 1956 she made Yield to the Night. This one movie, more than any other, has confirmed her status as an Actress of merit. She plays Mary Hilton, a women waiting to hanged for her crime. It is bleak viewing, the routine of the condemned cell can't be anything else but Dors' fine performance will keep you enthralled. A series of flashbacks lifts the mood and reveals the series of events that led to her crime, for the love of her man. Special mention must also go to Yvonne Mitchell for her role as the sympathetic prison guard.
This is without doubt a British Classic and deserves a place in your film collection.
This is without doubt a British Classic and deserves a place in your film collection.
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Amazing... Truly Amazing... A must purchase
Diano Dors is unbelievably good in this... buy it just for her performance...
Film pretty good too, irrespective of your opinion on Capital Punishment.
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Film pretty good too, irrespective of your opinion on Capital Punishment.
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Published 3 months ago by FLF
Diana Dors proves she's just not a blonde bombshell
Before the movie's opening credits begin, the film opens with a blonde (Diana Dors) shooting a woman (Mercia Shaw) in cold blood several times in front of her home. Read more
Published 4 months ago by The CinemaScope Cat
best of dors
diana dors was very underrated as the blond bombshell with the image to match it wasnt easy for her to get the right parts. Read more
Published 7 months ago by scorpio
The Night is not yet over.............
If anyone thought of Diana Dors as merely a 'blonde bombshell'
with little or no acting experience, let them think again,
because this film proves them wrong on all... Read more
with little or no acting experience, let them think again,
because this film proves them wrong on all... Read more
Published 9 months ago by promsnut
Accomplished drama
Yield to the Night is a 1956 British crime drama starring the late Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang, spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Grahame
A powerful film
Whenever I saw Diana Dors interviewed on TV, she frequently referred with great pride to "Yield to tne Night" - and justly so. Read more
Published 12 months ago by P. Smith
Brilliant
Such an under-rated actress. This film is by far Diana`s best and she gives a heartbreaking performance as the condemned woman facing her final night before execution in the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Catherine A
Dors Goes Beyond......
Ruth Ellis had been an 'extra' in Diana's film LADY GODIVA RIDES AGAIN and just four years later would become part of history as the last woman to be hanged in Britain after... Read more
Published 12 months ago by "filmfogey"
Very Ruth Ellis
Have to say that this is only film ,Ruth Ellis' that was near on the button...tragic obviousy..but well worth the buy..Tony nexy Hanrattee!
Published 13 months ago by Anthony Cox
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Wonderful film, sadly i was watching on my old dvd and it got stuck, that is why i had to get a new dvd,but i did get to see it once, before machine broke well made film and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by sheila brazell
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