Oscar Wilde

IMDb link: 0053149
IMDb rating: 6.8 (659 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Ralph Richardson, Gregory Ratoff
Cast: John Neville, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert 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:

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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