Fresh
Bogarde is subtle, sensitive and strong. Syms handles a difficult role with delicacy.
Variety Staff, Variety
Victim
A Scorching Drama of the Most Un-talked About Subject Of Our Time!
1961 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Basil Dearden
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Victim
Overview
In early 1960s London, barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife, Laura, Farr's professional and personal life are nearly idyllic. However, when blackmailers link Farr to a young gay man, everything Farr's worked for is threatened.
Director and cast
- Basil Dearden Director
- Dirk Bogarde as Melville Farr
- Sylvia Syms as Laura Farr
- Dennis Price as Calloway
- Anthony Nicholls as Lord Charles Fullbrook
- Peter Copley as Paul Mandrake
- Norman Bird as Harold Doe
- Peter McEnery as Jack Barrett
- Donald Churchill as Eddy Stone
- Derren Nesbitt as Sandy
- John Barrie as Inspector Harris
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There are many pleasures to be found in the quirky supporting cast, expressive, noir-style lighting and an effectively suspenseful opening.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
The very fact that homosexuality as a condition is presented honestly and unsensationally, with due regard for the dilemma and the pathos, makes this an extraordinary film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Recent critics find Victim timid in its treatment of homosexuality, but viewed in the context of Great Britain in 1961, it's a film of courage.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
[Victim] has a careful performance by Bogarde, and it pursues with eloquence and conviction the case against an antiquated statute.
TIME Magazine
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