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Dramatization 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 homosexualit...

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Corporate Authors: Rank Film Distributors, Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, Syms, Sylvia, Price, Dennis, 1915-1973, Stock, Nigel
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision Cinema, [1997]
Edition:Letterboxed ed.
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Summary:Dramatization 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.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1961 motion picture.
"VIC040."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, John D. Guthridge ; art, Alexander Vetchinsky ; music, Philip Green.
ISBN:0780020219