Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

99 mins | Drama | May 29, 1960

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.

Oscar Wilde

99 mins | Drama | May 29, 1960

Oscar Wilde
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Vantage Films
Original title Oscar Wilde
Directors Jimmy Shingfield, Kay Mander, Gregory Ratoff
Writers Frank Harris, Leslie Stokes, Sewell Stokes, Jo Eisinger

Cast

Robert Morley

as Oscar Wilde

Ralph Richardson

as Sir Edward Carson

Phyllis Calvert

as Constance Wilde

John Neville

as Lord Alfred Douglas

Dennis Price

as Robert Ross

Alexander Knox

as Sir Edgar Clarke

Edward Chapman

as Marquis of Queensberry

William Devlin

as Solicitor-General

Robert Harris

as Justice Henn Collins

Henry Oscar

as Justice Wills

Martin Benson

as George Alexander

Wilton Morley

as Cyril Wilde

Stephen Dartnell

as Cobble

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

as Lionel Johnson

Martin Boddey

as Inspector Richards

Leonard Sachs

as Richard Le Gallienne

Tom Chatto

as Clerk of Arraigns