Bibliograph

Victim, Allied Film Makers present ; Michael Relph and Basil Dearden's production ; screenplay by Janet Green and John McCormick ; produced by Michael Relph ; directed by Basil Dearden

Type

Label

Victim, Allied Film Makers present ; Michael Relph and Basil Dearden's production ; screenplay by Janet Green and John McCormick ; produced by Michael Relph ; directed by Basil Dearden

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Victim

Oclc number

1697313560

Responsibility statement

Allied Film Makers present ; Michael Relph and Basil Dearden's production ; screenplay by Janet Green and John McCormick ; produced by Michael Relph ; directed by Basil Dearden

Runtime

100

Series statement

Basil Dearden's London underground, ser. 25

Summary

Melville Farr, a closeted, married barrister who bravely takes on a blackmailer targeting a group of vulnerable gay London men from various walks of lifeDramatization of the problems of the criminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults. Bogarde plays a successful barrister who places his career on the line by 'coming out' in order to expose a blackmail racket. It was the first British film to concentrate on male homosexuality and was made with the specific intention of supporting the new recommendations of the 1957 Wolfenden Committee for the partial decriminalization of male homosexual acts

Technique

live action

Contributor