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An extraordinary performance by Dirk Bogarde grounds this intense, sobering indictment of early-sixties social intolerance and sexual puritanism. Bogarde plays Melville Farr, a married barrister who is one of a large group of closeted London men who become targets of a blackmailer. Basil Dearden’s unmistakably political taboo buster was one of the first films to address homophobia head-on, a cry of protest against British laws forbidding homosexuality.
Original Release
08/01/1961
US Release
02/05/1962
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Melville Farr |
Sylvia Syms | Laura Farr / Laura |
Dennis Price | Calloway |
Anthony Nicholls | Lord Fullbrook / Lord Charles Fullbrook |
Peter Copley | Paul Mandrake |
Norman Bird | Harold Doe |
Peter McEnery | Jack Barrett / Barrett |
Donald Churchill | Eddy Stone / Eddy |
Derren Nesbitt | Sandy Youth / Sandy |
John Barrie | Det. Inspector Harris / Inspector Harris |
Directors
Writers
Janet Green, Dirk Bogarde, James McCormick
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Melville Farr |
Sylvia Syms | Laura Farr / Laura |
Dennis Price | Calloway |
Anthony Nicholls | Lord Fullbrook / Lord Charles Fullbrook |
Peter Copley | Paul Mandrake |
Norman Bird | Harold Doe |
Peter McEnery | Jack Barrett / Barrett |
Donald Churchill | Eddy Stone / Eddy |
Derren Nesbitt | Sandy Youth / Sandy |
John Barrie | Det. Inspector Harris / Inspector Harris |
John Cairney | Bridie |
Alan MacNaughtan | Scott Hankin |
Nigel Stock | Phip |
Frank Pettitt | Barman (as Frank Pettit) / Barman |
Mavis Villiers | Madge |
Charles Lloyd Pack | Henry |
Hilton Edwards | P.H. |
David Evans | Mickey |
Noel Howlett | Patterson |
Margaret Diamond | Miss Benham |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Relph | Producer |