Against the Law

Against the Law

83 mins | Drama, Romance, History, TV Movie | March 16, 2017

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.

Against the Law

83 mins | Drama, Romance, History, TV Movie | March 16, 2017

Against the Law
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers The Wellcome Trust, BBC Studios
Original title Against the Law
Directors Matthew Cooper, Hannah Kenneally-Muir, Brashna Agha, Fergus O'Brien, Peter Nightingale
Writers Peter Wildeblood, Brian Fillis

Cast

Daniel Mays

as Peter Wildeblood

Richard Gadd

as Eddie McNally

Mark Gatiss

as Dr. Landers

Charlie Creed-Miles

as Superintendent Jones

Richard Dillane

as Prosecutor Roberts

Paul Keating

as Fanny

Mark Edel-Hunt

as Edward Montagu

David Robb

as Lord Wolfenden

Josh Collins

as Michael Pitt-Rivers

Daniel Betts

as Defense Rawlinson

Timothy Watson

as Clerk of Assize

Barney White

as Dan Starling

James Gaddas

as Governor Cockayne

Claire Bond

as Iris

Matthew Canny

as John Reynolds

Mark Holgate

as Tony

David Watson

as Radio Announcer (voice)