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- 1962
- Not Rated
- Astor Pictures Corporation
- 1 h 40 m
- 1962
- Not Rated
- Astor Pictures Corporation
- 1 h 40 m
Summary The death of a young man leads to the discovery of a blackmail plot against several gay men in 1960s London.
Directed By: Basil Dearden
Written By: Janet Green, John McCormick
- 1962
- Not Rated
- Astor Pictures Corporation
- 1 h 40 m
- 1962
- Not Rated
- Astor Pictures Corporation
- 1 h 40 m
Victim
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Summary The death of a young man leads to the discovery of a blackmail plot against several gay men in 1960s London.
Directed By: Basil Dearden
Written By: Janet Green, John McCormick
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The movie proceeds on two levels, as a crime thriller and as a character study, and it's this dual nature that makes it an entertainment at the same time it works as a message picture.
While some may be put off by talk of ”abnormalities,” the inner struggle depicted so poignantly in Victim has not dated at all.
A brave British melodrama from 1961, one of this country's first explorations of gay life on screen.
Victim has a neat plot, deft direction by Basil Dearden, and the sort of grum good manners one expects of the British in these trying situations. It also has a careful performance by Bogarde, and it pursues with eloquence and conviction the case against an antiquated statute.
Ingenious, moralistic, and moderately amusing.
As a straight piece of blackmail melodrama, it is a good bit below the British par. But as a frank and deliberate exposition of the well-known presence and plight of the tacit homosexual in modern society it is certainly unprecedented and intellectually bold.
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Production Company
Allied Film Makers (AFM),
Parkway Films
Release Date Feb 5, 1962
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A Daring Picture About the World's Most Un-talked About Subject.
Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
