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Victim
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Not Rated
1961
1h 36m
Drama
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Crime
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7.7
100%
87%
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A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
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Cast of Victim
Dirk Bogarde
Melville Farr / Writer
Sylvia Syms
Laura Farr
Dennis Price
Calloway
Anthony Nicholls
Lord Charles Fullbrook
Peter Copley
Paul Mandrake
Norman Bird
Harold Doe
Peter McEnery
Jack Barrett
Donald Churchill
Eddy Stone
Derren Nesbitt
Sandy
John Barrie
Inspector Harris
John Cairney
Bridie
Alan MacNaughtan
Scott Hankin
Nigel Stock
Phip
Frank Pettitt
Barman (as Frank Pettit)
Mavis Villiers
Madge
Charles Lloyd Pack
Henry
Hilton Edwards
P.H.
Margaret Diamond
Miss Benham
David Evans
Mickey
Noel Howlett
Patterson
Alan Howard
Frank
Dawn Beret
Sylvie
Frank Thornton
George - Henry's Assistant (uncredited)
John Bennett
Undercover Detective (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Barrister (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Transport Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
Building Site Foreman (uncredited)
Nora Gordon
Farr's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Basil Dearden
Director
Michael Relph
Producer
Victim Ratings & Reviews
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Janet Graves
It is outspoken -- but honestly so, not cheaply designed to merely shock its audience.
Boulder Weekly
Michael J. Casey
A socio-conscious noir where a picture of one man consoling another runs a streak of destruction through multiple lives.
ONE
Don Slater
With typically British genius for compromise, the motion picture Victim which treats the subject of homosexuality almost fairly, if not squarely, also is a "jolly good thriller."
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Victim may seem archaic. But even its compromises teach us something about the era that produced it.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Victim" is an essential addition to the LGBT cannon that has the ability to put its audience in a cold sweat. The sense of fear on the screen is palpable.
TV Guide
Immensely significant in its plea for tolerance for gay men (interestingly, lesbianism is not discussed here), Victim works hard arguing that gays are part of the typical, healthy fabric of society.
TIME Magazine
[Victim] has a careful performance by Bogarde, and it pursues with eloquence and conviction the case against an antiquated statute.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Moralistic thriller with a sincere plea for Great Britain to end its oppressive law that makes it a criminal offense to be a homosexual.
Parallax View
Sean Axmaker
... a startlingly handsome feature with a theatrical flair and a shadow of a crime thriller running through it.
Variety
Variety Staff
Bogarde is subtle, sensitive and strong. Syms handles a difficult role with delicacy.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
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.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Shot in widescreen black and white, Victim is an exceptionally well-produced film with bracing contrast in its dark shadows.
Apollo Guide
Jamie Gillies
Groundbreaking, yes, but not as important as it should have been.
PopMatters
David Sanjek
The wealth of detail about gay life at the time and the often adverse public perception of homosexual behavior ensures Victim's lasting fascination as a social document.
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