Summary
Yield to the Night is a British film first released in 1956,
directed by J. Lee Thompson.
The film is based on a novel by Joan Henry and stars Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney and Olga Lindo.
It has also been released under the title: Blonde Sinner.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Script: John Cresswell, Joan Henry (novel), Joan Henry
- Photo: Gilbert Taylor
- Music: Ray Martin
- Cast: Diana Dors (Mary Price Hilton), Yvonne Mitchell (Matron Hilda MacFarlane), Michael Craig (Jim Lancaster), Marie Ney (Prison Governess), Olga Lindo (Senior Matron Hill), Joan Miller (Matron Barker), Mary Mackenzie (Matron), Marjorie Rhodes (Matron Brandon), Geoffrey Keen (Prison Chaplain), Liam Redmond (Prison Doctor), Dandy Nichols (Mrs. Price), John Charlesworth (Alan Price), Mona Washbourne (Mrs. Thomas, landlady), Alec Finter (Mr. Thomas, landlord), Athene Seyler (Miss Bligh), Joyce Blair (Doris, storeclerk-friend), Charles Clay (Bob, Doris’ sugar-daddy), Michael Ripper (Roy, bar good-timer), Harry Locke (Fred Hilton), Molly Urquhart (Matron), Mercia Shaw (Lucy Carpenter, the other woman), Peggy Livesey (Prison Nurse), Charles Lloyd Pack (Mary’s Lawyer), Frank Hawkins (Detective Sergeant), Marianne Stone (New Matron Richardson), Michael Caine (Bit part)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 99 min; B&W
- Aka: Blonde Sinner
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