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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
“This man… This Oscar Wilde!”
★ 6.3 Rating•125 min•1960
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Overview
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.
Cast
Peter Finch
Oscar
Yvonne Mitchell
Constance
James Mason
Edward Carson
Nigel Patrick
Sir Edward Clarke
John Fraser
Lord Alfred Douglas
Lionel Jeffries
Marquis of Queensberry
Emrys Jones
Robbie Ross
Maxine Audley
Ada Leverson
Sonia Dresdel
Lady Wilde
Meredith Edwards
Auctioneer
Lloyd Lamble
Charles Humphries
Anthony Newlands
First Clerk of Arraigns
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Details
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 28, 1960
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
GenresDrama, History
Keywords
london, englandhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookcourt casesex scandalmale friendshipbiographybased on true storysodomybased on play or musicalrise and fallvictorian englandmale homosexualityplaywrightmale prostitutionbrighton, englandsexual repressioncynicalhusband wife estrangementjury trialfall from grace19th centuryfather son relationshipmother son relationshiptheatre historygay historysocial prejudicepersecuted writerbritish literaturegay themegay artistlegal scandalliterature historygay coupleapologeticirish writerdifamation
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