Against the Law

Against the Law

2017 · 83 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, History, Romance, TV Movie

United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.

Directed by Fergus O'Brien · Written by Brian Fillis

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