England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
GB
Genres:
Drama, History
Release:
May 1960
Production:
Warwick Film Productions, Viceroy Films
Cast:
Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Emrys Jones, Maxine Audley, Sonia Dresdel, Meredith Edwards, Lloyd Lamble, Anthony Newlands, Ian Fleming, Michael Goodliffe, Paul Rogers, James Booth, Laurence Naismith, Naomi Chance, Robert Percival, Liam Gaffney, William Kendall, Ronald Cardew, Cicely Paget-Bowman, Derek Aylward, Campbell Singer, Victor Brooks, Alfred Burke, A. J. Brown, Charles Carson, David Ensor, Edward Evans, Howard Lang, Gladys Henson, John Welsh
Tags:
london, england, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, court case, sex scandal, male friendship, biography, based on true story, sodomy, based on play or musical, rise and fall, victorian england, male homosexuality, playwright, male prostitution, brighton, england, sexual repression, husband wife estrangement, jury trial, fall from grace, 19th century, father son relationship, mother son relationship, theatre history, gay history, social prejudices, persecuted writer, british literature, gay theme, gay artist, legal scandal, literature history, gay couple, irish writer, difamation
