Oscar Wilde
- IMDb link: 0053149
- IMDb rating: 6.8 (660 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, History
- Director: Ralph Richardson, Gregory Ratoff
- Cast: Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Neville and others
- Release date: 7 Jul 1960
- Release year: 1960
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Keywords: sex scandal, oscar wilde character, arrested for homosexuality, homosexual history, homosexuality, blackmail, character name as title, male prostitute, closeted homosexual, nobility
Plot
Storyline
Playwright Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lover's father, leading to his own prosecution.
In the 1890s, famed writer Oscar Wilde embarks on a relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, despite his marriage to Constance. As their relationship creates a public scandal and feeds the outrage of Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, Wilde charges the Marquis with libel - a decision that turns against him when the Marquis' lawyer leads him to admit to his homosexuality, resulting in Wilde's own prosecution.
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