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The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

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This man… This Oscar Wilde!

Release Date: 1960, May 28
Directors: Ken Hughes
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Warwick Film Productions, Warwick Film Productions, Viceroy Films, Viceroy Films
Cast: Ian Fleming, Alfred Burke, Howard Lang, Victor Brooks, Michael Goodliffe, Laurence Naismith, Edward Evans, James Mason, Lloyd Lamble, James Booth, Peter Finch, Charles Carson

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.

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