Cielo tempestoso

Cielo tempestoso (1950)

The Clouded Yellow

Dopo la fine della Seconda guerra mondiale, l'agente dei servizi segreti David Somers viene licenziato e, per sopravvivere, accetta di lavorare nella tranquilla tenuta di campagna dei Fenton per occuparsi della catalogazione delle farfalle. Lavorando, ha modo di conoscere Sophie (Jean Simmons), la nipote di Jess Fenton a cui inevitabilmente si affeziona. Fragile, curiosa e con comportamenti non sempre facili da capire, Sophie è accusata dell'omicidio del tuttofare Hick ma per difendere la sua innocenza Sommers la aiuta a scappare, spingendo Scotland Yard a mettere un altro ex agente sulle loro tracce.

Data di uscita
1950-11-21
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (22)
Durata
1 h 35 min
Generi
Mistero, Thriller
Regista
Ralph Thomas

Cast

Curiosità

  • Girato a: Pinewood Studios

The Clouded Yellow is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas, written by Janet Green, produced by Betty E. Box and starring Jean Simmons and Trevor Howard.

Production

Ralph Thomas and Betty Box had both worked for her brother, Sydney Box, first collaborating when Thomas did the trailer for Miranda (1948). They found they had a rapport, so when Shepherd's Bush Studio shut down, and Thomas left Sydney Box to go under contract to the Rank Organisation, Betty Box came with him. Their first film together was The Clouded Yellow. It was made for Betty Box's company, Carillon Films.

The Clouded Yellow was based on an original script by Janet Green. It was developed by Sydney Box but he had decided to take a year long absence and gave the project to Box and Thomas. Green was paid £1,000. They wanted further work done on the script but Janet Green was unavailable and Eric Ambler was hired to do work on it.

Jean Simmons, who had made So Long at the Fair with Box, agreed to play the lead. Trevor Howard was borrowed from Herbert Wilcox, who had him under contract, to play the male lead. Kenneth More was cast in a minor role; it was the first of several films he would make for Box and Thomas.

Production coincided with a crisis in the British film industry – Betty Box says it was the only film being made in England in the first half of 1950. She managed to secure a distribution contract with Rank, which enabled her to borrow enough money to finance 70% of the budget. Box managed to raise the rest from Rank and the National Film Finance Corporation, each putting up fifty per cent.

Shooting took place in Newcastle, Liverpool and the Lake District. A significant proportion of the action was shot on location in Newcastle upon Tyne, featuring scenes on the quayside, around the Castle Keep and the Central Station, and the suburb of Jesmond. Some scenes were filmed in Liverpool's Chinatown, Toxteth, Liverpool Docks and on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, closed in 1956 and later dismantled.

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