VICTIM (1961)

VICTIM (1961)

Type Feature

Approx. Running minutes 96

Release dates 21/07/2017, 26/01/2004

Ratings Info mild bad language, sex references

Genre(s) Drama

Director(s) Basil Dearden

Cast includes Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, John Barrie, Peter McEnery, Nigel Stock

Summary VICTIM is a British drama, from 1961, in which a lawyer takes on blackmailers who have been targeting gay men.

Cut versions One or more versions of this work have been cut. Cuts are detailed for each respective version found under "Related works".

Ratings info

Ratings info publication date 11/07/2017

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

VICTIM is a British drama, from 1961, in which a lawyer takes on blackmailers who have been targeting gay men.

Language: Mild bad language includes uses of 'bitch', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
Sex: There are mild and undetailed references to sexual activity, such as whether a man is attracted to other men as a "boy would be to a girl" and a man admitting "I wanted him".

Discriminatory comments are made about gay people, including sight of the word 'queer' scrawled on a garage. However, the film is very strongly against such discrimination. There is a verbal reference to a man having hanged himself in prison. As a result of threats from blackmailers a man collapses and is taken away in an ambulance.

Details

Title: VICTIM
Year: 1961
Formats: DVD, Cinema
Distributor(s): Park Circus Limited,The Video Collection,Rank Film Dists Ltd,Carlton Visual Entertainment
Classified date(s): 07/04/2017
Main language: English
BBFC reference: AZF017346

Related work

Feature

Title	Type	Runtime	Cut	Distributor	Date	Certificate
VICTIM	Film	100m 46s		Park Circus Limited	08/07/2005	PG
VICTIM	Video	95m 56s		Carlton Visual Entertainment	23/01/2004	12
VICTIM	Video	95m 43s		The Video Collection	11/06/1986	15
VICTIM	Film		Y	Rank Film Dists Ltd	01/06/1961	X
VICTIM	Film	100m 19s		Park Circus Limited	07/04/2017	PG