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'''''Victim''''' was a film released in 1961, directed by Basil Dearden and starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] as a bisexual barrister, Melville Farr, who helps to track down a gang of blackmailers, and agrees to give evidence against them while knowing the publicity will destroy his career. Dirk Bogarde took a keen interest in the writing of the script; it was considered a | [[File:Victim film.jpg|thumb|''Victim'' DVD cover]]'''''Victim''''' was a film released in 1961, directed by Basil Dearden and starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] as a bisexual barrister, Melville Farr, who helps to track down a gang of blackmailers, and agrees to give evidence against them while knowing the publicity will destroy his career. Dirk Bogarde took a keen interest in the writing of the script; it was considered a very bold step for him to appear in such a controversial film, even though his own sexuality was never made public. | ||
The film has been credited with helping to prepare public opinion for the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn and Peter Robson, "Film and the law", Routledge, 2001. isbn=978-1-85941-639-6 page 118</ref> | The film has been credited with helping to prepare public opinion for the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in 1967.<ref>Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn and Peter Robson, "Film and the law", Routledge, 2001. isbn=978-1-85941-639-6 page 118</ref> | ||
It was the first English-language film to use the word "homosexual". | It was the first English-language film to use the word "[[homosexual]]". | ||
[http://www.lgbtarchive.uk/audio/PSP_Victim.mp3 Listen to] [[Peter Scott-Presland]] talking about the film, as part of the [[Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival]], October 2015. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 10 July 2026
Victim was a film released in 1961, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde as a bisexual barrister, Melville Farr, who helps to track down a gang of blackmailers, and agrees to give evidence against them while knowing the publicity will destroy his career. Dirk Bogarde took a keen interest in the writing of the script; it was considered a very bold step for him to appear in such a controversial film, even though his own sexuality was never made public.
The film has been credited with helping to prepare public opinion for the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in 1967.[1]
It was the first English-language film to use the word "homosexual".
Listen to Peter Scott-Presland talking about the film, as part of the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival, October 2015.
References
- ↑ Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn and Peter Robson, "Film and the law", Routledge, 2001. isbn=978-1-85941-639-6 page 118