Victim (1961)

96 min

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Movie Info:

Actor : Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Copley, Norman Bird, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Derren Nesbitt, John Barrie, John Cairney, Alan MacNaughtan, Nigel Stock, Frank Pettitt, Mavis Villiers
Director : Basil Dearden
Writer : Dirk Bogarde​
Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release : January 31, 2017
Country : England
Tagline : A Scorching Drama of the Most Un-talked About Subject Of Our Time!
Language : English
Synopsis : A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, Melville Farr, a married lawyer, tries to locate a blackmailer who has photos of Farr and a crying young gay man (who becomes blackmailed) in Farr's car. After the suicide, Farr tracks down other gay men being extorted for money by the same blackmail scheme. Worldly Police Detective Inspector Harris considers the anti-sodomy law nothing more than a license to blackmailers, and eventually is contacted by Farr to capture the malicious blackmailer. The movie, far ahead of its time, ends with Farr and his loving wife coming to terms with his homosexual tendencies in advance of the public exposure he will face in the team of blackmailers' trial.