The Trial of Oscar Wilde
1960 · 51 min · Drama
Courtroom account of the prosecution of Oscar Wilde for gross indecency with other men followed Wilde's disastrous libel charge against the Marquess of Queensberry, father of his lover Lord Alfred Douglas.
Directed by Silvio Narizzano · Written by Peter Lambda
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Micheál Mac Liammóir Oscar Wilde -
André Morell Sir Edward Clarke QC -
Martin Benson Edward Carson QC - T Tudor Evans Marquess of Queensberry
- M Michael Bangerter Lord Alfred Douglas
- H Harold Scott Mr Justice Charles
- J J. B. Priestley Self
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Andrew Faulds Narrator
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