The Trials of Oscar Wilde
This man… This Oscar Wilde!
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
- Year: 1960
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: Warwick Film Productions, Viceroy Films
- Keyword: london, england, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, court case, sex scandal, male friendship, biography, based on true story, sodomy, based on play or musical, rise and fall, victorian england, male homosexuality, playwright, male prostitution, brighton, england, sexual repression, husband wife estrangement, jury trial, fall from grace, 19th century, father son relationship, mother son relationship, theatre history, gay history, social prejudices, persecuted writer, british literature, gay theme, gay artist, legal scandal, literature history, gay couple, irish writer, difamation
- Director: Ken Hughes
- Cast: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries
