After a few minor films, Ralph Thomas joined forces with Betty Box (producer Sydney Box’s sister) to make entertaining though tame psychological mystery thriller The Clouded Yellow. Ex-secret serviceman Trevor Howard takes a job as a cataloguer of butterflies, hence the rather cryptic title, and becomes involved with Jean Simmons, a strange fragile young girl accused of murder. In a sub-Hitchcockian man-on-the-run manner, they are pursued across Britain by Scotland Yard man Kenneth More.
CAST
Jean Simmons Sophie Malraux
Trevor Howard Maj. David Somers
Sonia Dresdel Jess Fenton
Barry Jones Nicholas Fenton
Kenneth More Willy Shepley
Geoffrey Keen Police Inspector
André Morell Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Michael Brennan Police Superintendent
Gerard Heinz Dr. Karl Cesare
Lily Kann Minna Cesare
Eric Pohlmann Taxidermist
CREW
Director of Photography Geoffrey Unsworth
Director Ralph Thomas
Producer Betty E. Box
Editor Gordon Hales
Screenplay Janet Green
Original Story Janet Green
Original Music Composer Benjamin Frankel
Carillon Films / 95 minutes / Released 1950-11-21
