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Victim

Synopsis

When a young homosexual, 'Boy' Barrett, commits suicide in his police cell, barrister Melville Farr, motivated by his own guilt, risks his successful career and his marriage to break a sinister blackmail ring.

Details

Year: 1961
Type of project: Features
Running time: 101 mins
Format: 35 mm
Director: Basil Dearden
Producer: Michael Relph
Editor: John D. Guthridge
Screenwriter: Janet Green, John McCormick
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Composer: Philip Green
Principal cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Derren Nesbitt, Norman Bird, Peter McEnery
Restoration: ITV Studios Global Entertainment and Park Circus.

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Allied Film Makers (AFM) / Parkway Films

Sales Company

ITV Studios

The London Television Centre
Upper Ground
London
SE1 9LT
Tel: +44 20 7491 1441

Visit Website

itvstudios.com

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