Sunday, December 16, 2012

(NOIR) Yield to the Night - 1956 ****


'Yield to the Night' in my opinion is highly superior to 'I Want to Live' with Susan Hayward. Both are based on the same sort of thing, although the similarity between this story and Ruth Ellis's case of a couple of years later is pretty disturbing. The only difference seems to be that Dors' character kills a woman instead of a lover but the emotions, and Dors' pent-up jealousy explode in the same way. Excellent performance from her actually, much more gripping and exciting compared to her performance in 'Tread Softly, Stranger' which was somewhat wooden in comparison.

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