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Yield to the Night

Based on the Book... • Crime, Drama, UR

Inspired by the tragic life and death of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, this was the Siren from Swindon's bid for a serious acting career. Desperate to shake off her buxom dumb-blonde image, Dors brought compassion and sensitivity to the role, but this didnít stop the studios sensationalising the US release and re-titling it Blonde Sinner.

Tags
Prisons, Homicide, Capital punishment
Cast
Diana Dors Mary Hilton
Yvonne Mitchell MacFarlane
Michael Craig Jim Lancaster
Geoffrey Keen chaplain
Olga Lindo Hill
Crew
J. Lee Thompson director

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