The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger GoulaOriginal Music Composer
- Brian FillisScreenplay
- Fergus O'BrienDirector
Cast
- Daniel MaysPeter Wildeblood
- Richard GaddEddie McNally
- Mark GatissDr. Landers
- Charlie Creed-MilesSuperintendent Jones
- Richard DillaneProsecutor Roberts
- Paul KeatingFanny
- Mark Edel-HuntEdward Montagu
- David RobbLord Wolfenden
- Josh CollinsMichael Pitt-Rivers
- Daniel BettsDefense Rawlinson
- Timothy WatsonClerk of Assize
- Barney WhiteDan Starling
Stills
Themes
based on true storylaw and ethicsmale homosexualitybased on memoir or autobiographydocudramasexual repressionsemi-documentarylgbt1950scriminal trialqueer britanniasocial prejudice