The Clouded Yellow (1950)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 25 December 1950 (UK)
When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate - cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. David grows fond of Jess Fenton's niece, a fragile, fey young woman named Sophie. Because he hates traps of any kind, he reacts quickly when Sophie is framed for the murder of Hick, the nasty handyman. He helps her escape London by using his agent's skills and a network of old friends. The pair lead the police and David's ex-employers an exciting chase, from Newcastle to the Lake District to Liverpool. As the fugitives try to catch a ship for France, everyone, including the murderer, join in the finale.
Director: Ralph Thomas
Writer: Janet Green (original story and screenplay)
Stars: Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Sonia Dresdel
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 25 December 1950 (UK)
When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate - cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. David grows fond of Jess Fenton's niece, a fragile, fey young woman named Sophie. Because he hates traps of any kind, he reacts quickly when Sophie is framed for the murder of Hick, the nasty handyman. He helps her escape London by using his agent's skills and a network of old friends. The pair lead the police and David's ex-employers an exciting chase, from Newcastle to the Lake District to Liverpool. As the fugitives try to catch a ship for France, everyone, including the murderer, join in the finale.
Director: Ralph Thomas
Writer: Janet Green (original story and screenplay)
Stars: Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Sonia Dresdel
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00:00Oh, uh, yes, Mr. Summers?
00:03I know this is none of my business, Inspector,
00:05but, um, the girl's likely to be a bit nervous,
00:08and, uh, well, I wouldn't go too much by appearances, that's all.
00:11That's all right, Mr. Summers. It'll just be the facts that count.
00:14Right, I'll get her.
00:17Yes, I'd like to know something more about Mr. Summers.
00:20I bet he's talked to the girl already this morning still. Can't be helped.
00:24You know these people, Stuart. What do you think about Mrs. Fenton's evidence?
00:27I think she's trying to protect the girl, sir.
00:29You notice she didn't really want to tell us about seeing her go out in the middle of the night.
00:32I think she's too honest not to.
00:34Yes, and she tried to hide the girl's coat.
00:36It's beginning to look like an open-and-shut case, all right.
00:48Sit down, Miss Murrow.
00:52I'd just like to ask you a few questions.
00:55That is, if you're prepared to answer them, of course.
00:57I don't know anything.
00:59Well, now, last night, did you go out at all?
01:03Out?
01:04Yes, Miss Murrow, out.
01:06Out of this house.
01:09Well, yes, I think I did.
01:11Well, aren't you sure?
01:13Yes, I did go out.
01:14What time would that be?
01:16I don't know. In the night?
01:18Where did you go to?
01:19To the wood by the church meadow.
01:20Now, why did you do that?
01:22Was it to meet someone?
01:25No.
01:26You knew this man, Hick, didn't you?
01:28Yes, I knew him.
01:29Did you like him?
01:30No, I didn't.
01:32But I didn't kill him.
01:34Was it to meet Hick that you went out to the wood at 3 o'clock this morning?
01:37No, it was to get my comb.
01:38Your comb?
01:39I left it on the edge of the wood.
01:40Hick had spoiled it, so I left it there.
01:43And so, in the middle of the night, you put on your coat and went out to get a comb you'd left in the wood.
01:47Is that it?
01:48Yes.
01:49Will you show me the comb, Miss Murrow?
01:51I haven't got it. I couldn't find it.
01:53Had Hick taken it again?
01:54No.
01:56Why?
02:02I get things muddled.
02:03I get things the wrong way around.
02:05You're like Jess. You're trying to confuse me.
02:08We're not trying to confuse you, Miss Murrow.
02:11We only want the facts.
02:14But I was angry because he took my comb.
02:16Ah, now, yes. We're back to the comb again, Miss Murrow.
02:19This comb you went out to look for this morning and couldn't find.
02:22What exactly was it like?
02:24I brought it from France. It belonged to my mother.
02:26Yes, Miss Murrow, but what was it like?
02:34I don't know.
02:35I don't know.
02:36I don't know.
02:37I don't know.
02:38I don't know.
02:39I don't know.
02:40I don't know.
02:41I don't know.
02:43Was it like that, for instance?
02:47Yes, it was.
02:51That's my knife.
02:55That belonged to my mother, too.
02:59I see, Miss Murrow.
03:01That'll be all for now. Thank you very much.
03:03Now, I'll have to ask you not to leave the house, if you don't mind.
03:06I think we should be wanting you for questioning a little later on.