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
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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
697313560
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
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Subject
- Closeted gay people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ people + Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ+ biographies
- Social problem films
- Crime films
- Gay films
- LGBTQ+ people
- Gay men -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Homosexuality
- Extortion -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Monosexuality
- LGBTQ+ films
- Sexual orientation
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Gay people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Homosexuality + Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- International
- DVD-Video discs
- Foreign films -- Great Britain
- Legal films
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- Classification1
- Contributor13
- Genre10
- Subject23
- Closeted gay people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ people + Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ+ biographies
- Social problem films
- Crime films
- Gay films
- LGBTQ+ people
- Gay men -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Homosexuality
- Extortion -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Monosexuality
- LGBTQ+ films
- Sexual orientation
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Gay people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- LGBTQ people -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Homosexuality + Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- International
- DVD-Video discs
- Foreign films -- Great Britain
- Legal films
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor9
- Composer1
- Director1
- Is Part Of1
- resource.screenwriter2
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