Victim archive review: Dirk Bogarde fronts a courageous, landmark thriller
Basil Dearden’s gay-blackmail drama, which helped to change the law on homosexuality in the UK, is back in UK cinemas in a restored digital print. On its first release in 1961, Sight & Sound contributor Terence Kelly praised its groundbreaking candour and a first-class performance by Dirk Bogarde.
Terence Kelly
Saturday 22 July 2017
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