The Clouded Yellow

The Clouded Yellow
Directed byRalph Thomas
Written byJanet Green
Based onstory by Janet Green
Produced byBetty E. Box
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
Carillon Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 21 November 1950 (1950-11-21) (London)
  • 25 November 1950 (1950-11-25) (UK)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£152,800[1]
Box office£158,000[2] or £170,000[3]

The Clouded Yellow is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty E. Box for Carillon Films. It stars Jean Simmons and Trevor Howard. A dismissed secret service agent falls in love with a disturbed young woman who is wrongly accused of murder and the two go on the run, pursued by the police, the secret service, and the real murderer.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 102
  2. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 281.
  3. ^ Chapman p 102. Amount is producer's share of receipts meaning the film made a profit.