Yield to the Night (Thompson, 1956): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6pm
This impressive, downbeat but very affecting film (which also screens on September 28th) is is part of the excellent Martin Scorsese's Hidden gems of British Cinema season at BFI Southbank. Details here
BFI introduction:
J Lee Thompson’s Palme d’Or-nominated feature gave Dors the chance to shake
off the ‘blonde bombshell’ label and demonstrate her acting talent. In
this melodrama exploring themes of class and infidelity, she shed the
glamour to turn in an incredibly moving performance as a condemned woman
recalling the events that led to her sentence. Yvonne Mitchell gives
excellent support as a sympathetic warder.
Josephine Botting
Here (and above) is an extract.
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