Yield to the Night

Drama, Velká Británie, 1956, 99 min.



HERE SHE IS! That Eye-Filling Gasp-Provoking BLONDE BOMBSHELL!
Mary Hilton crosses London with determination and, upon reaching her destination, murders socialite Lucy Carpenter as she unloads packages from her car. Later, Mary, who has been convicted of murder and sentenced to die, learns, while serving time, that her appeal for a stay of execution has been denied. Mary is kept under constant surveillance in her cell by two guards at all times, who change shifts regularly. Her favorite guard is Pat MacFarlane, because she is compassionate toward the agitated prisoner. One afternoon in the prison yard, Mary realizes that the murder and her execution are the result of having met Jim Lancaster: Mary is working as a sales clerk when Jim comes in to buy perfume for Lucy. One evening, Mary joins her friend Doris at a nightclub where she again meets Jim, who plays the piano there. Although Mary is married, she and Jim start seeing each other romantically. Mary leaves her husband Fred after falling in love with Jim, and is disappointed when Jim does not ardently return her affection and insists that she get her own apartment. Now as the countdown to her execution continues, Mary is uninterested in visits from her mother, her distraught brother Alan, and even Fred, whom she never loved. Mary recollects that the first thing she noticed about Lucy was her black suede pumps: Mary becomes jealous after Doris tells her about seeing Jim and Lucy together at an expensive nightclub. One night Jim stands up Mary and his landlady lets her into his apartment. When he arrives home, Jim admits he is in love with Lucy. A few weeks later, Jim appears unexpectedly at Mary's apartment after not seeing her for a while. Although the drunk and suicidal Jim is distraught because Lucy failed to keep their date, Mary lets him spend the night and hides a gun she finds in his coat pocket. The next morning, Mary begs Jim not to leave her, and reminds him they had been invited to a New Year's Eve party that night, but Jim is obsessed with Lucy. Mary now awakens in her prison cell, hysterical after having dreamt about Jim leaving her. Her next visitor is Miss Bligh, an elderly prison reformer who tries to console Mary. Mary falls into a depression as her prison routine continues and the date of her execution nears. Mary remembers when Jim failed to show up for New Year's Eve: Jim's landlady checks his apartment after Mary calls and discovers that Jim has committed suicide. Mary is further devastated when she reads Jim's suicide note because it is addressed to Lucy. In a newspaper article published after the inquest, Lucy makes light of her relationship with Jim and indicates she was trying to get rid of him. Mary finds the key to Lucy's home in Jim's belongings, which his landlady gave her, and starts stalking Lucy, with plans to murder her to avenge Jim's death. Remembering the shooting, Mary awakens in prison startled by the nightmare. Later, Mary bonds with her guard Pat, whose clinically insane mother just died. Mary soon notices that she is experiencing a sense of clarity as a result of her impending execution. After her last appeal is denied, Mary is overcome by fear but is met by kindness from everyone in the prison and receives final visits from Fred and Miss Bligh. The morning of her execution arrives, and following an uneaten breakfast and prayer, Mary is led through the door in her cell she has most dreaded, the one that leads directly to the execution chamber.
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Režie: J. Lee Thompson
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