"The Clouded Yellow" from 1950 stars Trevor Howard and Jean Simmons. The title refers to a rare European migratory butterfly. The clouded yellow in this case is Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons).
The film's beginning over the years has been cut. In the opening scene, Major David Somers (Howard) returns to London with no luggage and looking the worse for wear. He is a British spy and narrowly escaped a bad situation in Eastern Europe.
The next day (most likely) Somers is fired, having bungled whatever his assignment was. He goes to an employment agency and gets a job out in the country cataloguing butterflies for a wealthy man.
There, he meets the head of the house, Nicholas Fenton (Barry Jones) and his wife Jess (Sonia Dresdel). Both warn him to be wary of Jess' niece, the fragile Sophie, who found her parents after they killed themselves. "She gets things muddled," he's told by everyone, including Sophie. However, they enjoy spending time together and eventually fall in love.
When.a salacious gamekeepe (Maxwell Reed) is murdered, Sophie becomes the main suspect. The police order her to stay in the house, but Somers has an uneasy feeling and wants to get her to a lawyer in London.
And off they go, running from the police and Somers' colleagues as they take trains, buses, climb ladders, go up hills, tread waterfalls until the film's denouument (which was fairly obvious). However, that doesn't keep the film from being exciting. The good performances help.
The film's beginning over the years has been cut. In the opening scene, Major David Somers (Howard) returns to London with no luggage and looking the worse for wear. He is a British spy and narrowly escaped a bad situation in Eastern Europe.
The next day (most likely) Somers is fired, having bungled whatever his assignment was. He goes to an employment agency and gets a job out in the country cataloguing butterflies for a wealthy man.
There, he meets the head of the house, Nicholas Fenton (Barry Jones) and his wife Jess (Sonia Dresdel). Both warn him to be wary of Jess' niece, the fragile Sophie, who found her parents after they killed themselves. "She gets things muddled," he's told by everyone, including Sophie. However, they enjoy spending time together and eventually fall in love.
When.a salacious gamekeepe (Maxwell Reed) is murdered, Sophie becomes the main suspect. The police order her to stay in the house, but Somers has an uneasy feeling and wants to get her to a lawyer in London.
And off they go, running from the police and Somers' colleagues as they take trains, buses, climb ladders, go up hills, tread waterfalls until the film's denouument (which was fairly obvious). However, that doesn't keep the film from being exciting. The good performances help.