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[DVD]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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black and white. |
| Description |
auditory captions |
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visual audio description |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Basil Dearden's London underground ; ser. 25 |
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Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 25, Basil Dearden's London underground.
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| System Details |
DVD, NSTC, region 1, widescreen; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Nigel Stock, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Hilton Edwards. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, John D. Guthridge ; music, Philip Green. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
| Summary |
Melville Farr, a closeted, married barrister who bravely takes on a blackmailer targeting a group of vulnerable gay London men from various walks of life. |
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Dramatization of the problems of the criminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults. Bogarde plays a successful barrister who places his career on the line by 'coming out' in order to expose a blackmail racket. It was the first British film to concentrate on male homosexuality and was made with the specific intention of supporting the new recommendations of the 1957 Wolfenden Committee for the partial decriminalization of male homosexual acts. |
| Access |
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Extortion -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Closeted gay people -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Gay men -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Closeted gays. (OCoLC)fst00864637
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Extortion. (OCoLC)fst00918984
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Gay men. (OCoLC)fst00939117
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst00959766
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Genre/Form |
Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Legal films. (OCoLC)fst01726171
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Social problem films. (OCoLC)fst01710452
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Dearden, Basil, 1911-1971, director.
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Relph, Michael, 1915-2004, producer.
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Green, Janet, 1914-1993, screenwriter.
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McCormick, John, screenwriter.
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Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, actor.
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Syms, Sylvia, 1934-2023 actor.
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Price, Dennis, 1915-1973, actor.
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Stock, Nigel, actor.
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McEnery, Peter, actor.
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Churchill, Donald, 1930-1991, actor.
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Nicholls, Anthony, 1907-1977, actor.
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Edwards, Hilton, 1903-1982, actor.
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Bird, Norman, 1920-2005, actor.
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Green, Philip, 1911-1982, composer.
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Allied Film Makers (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781604653762 (set of four ; Basil Dearden's London Underground) |
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1604653760 (set of four ; Basil Dearden's London Underground) |
| Standard No. |
10471348 |
| ISBN |
9781604653793 |
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1604653795 |
| Music No. |
ECL118 The Criterion Collection |
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