The Trials of Oscar Wilde Movie Review 1960

Finch is the highlight as playwright/wit Wilde, who ill-advisedly sues the Marquis of Queensbury (Jeffries) for libel when the peer accuses him of being a sodomite. Wilde is, in fact, having an affair with the Marquis' son, Lord Alfred Douglas (Fraser), which eventually leads to Wilde's imprisonment and the destruction of his life. Based on the play "The Stringed Lute" by John Furnell and the book "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" by Montgomery Hyde.

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Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Writers, Order in the Court, Justice Prevails...?, Adapted from a Play, Writers

Screenplay

Ken Hughes

Cast

Peter Finch, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Nigel Patrick, James Mason, Yvonne Mitchell, Maxine Audley, James Booth, Paul Rogers, Ian Fleming, Laurence Naismith

Cinematography

Ted Moore

Director

Ken Hughes

Music

Ronald Goodwin

Producer

Harold Huth