Yield to the Night

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Yield to the Night
Theatrical poster to the US release of Yield to the Night (1956)
Produced by	Kenneth Harper
Written by	John Cresswell Joan Henry
Starring	Diana Dors
Music by	Ray Martin
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Editing by	Richard Best
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé
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The 1956 film Yield to the Night stars Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang and spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the stereotypical "blonde bombshell".

The storyline in "Yield to the Night" bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film was actually based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. The sensational U.S. title, Blonde Sinner, unfortunately ignored the film's (and the novel's) sensitively-explored anti-capital punishment theme, a matter of significant political and social debate in the UK at the time.