Victim
Victim DVD cover
Directed by	Basil Dearden
Produced by	Michael Relph
Written by	Janet Green, John McCormick
Starring	Dirk Bogarde, Dennis Price, Sylvia Syms
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Distributed by	Home Vision Cinema
Released	August 1961
Running time	96 min.
Language	English
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IMDb profile

Victim is a 1961 British film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. Image File history File links Victim_film. ... Basil Dearden was a British film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, in 1911. ... Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by his stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor and author. ... Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose-Price (June 23, 1915 – October 6, 1973) was a British actor. ... Sylvia Syms (born January 6, 1934 in London) is a British actress, educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson Come... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Basil Dearden was a British film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, in 1911. ... Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by his stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor and author. ... Sylvia Syms (born January 6, 1934 in London) is a British actress, educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. ...

Synopsis

The film tells the story of the blackmailing of a married bisexual barrister (Dirk Bogarde) after the jail suicide of his male lover. He soon discovers an elderly barber and an aristocratic member of his gentlemen's club are also victims. Despite the risks to himself (the director made the film when homosexuality was a criminal offence in the UK), the barrister tracks the blackmailers down and brings them to justice. During the investigation, his wife (Sylvia Syms) must learn to deal with her husband's affair. Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a monetary demand is met. ... Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... Bisexuality in human sexual behavior refers to the aesthetic, romantic, and sexual desire for people of both genders and/or for people of both sexes. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by his stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor and author. ... It has been suggested that Suicide and culture be merged into this article or section. ... Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... An intimate relationship is a interpersonal relationship where there is a great deal of physical or emotional intimacy. ... -1... A Gentlemens club is a members club, originally for male members of the English gentry. ... Since the first coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social grouping. ... A detective is an officer of the police who performs criminal or administrative investigations, in some police departments, the lowest rank among such investigators (above the lowest rank of officers and below sergeants), a civilian licensed to investigate information not readily available in public records (a private investigator, also called... Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... Sylvia Syms (born January 6, 1934 in London) is a British actress, educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. ... Husband may refer to: the male spouse in a marriage a husband pillow. ... An affair is a euphemism for a situation where two people are involved in an illicit sexual, romantic and/or passionate attachment, usually for a limited duration. ...

Reaction

Victim became a highly sociologically significant film; many believe it played an influential role in liberalizing attitudes (as well as British law) regarding homosexuality. It was the first film in which the word 'homosexual' appeared. Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Law (from the Old Norse lagu) in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, intended to provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments of/for those who do...

See also

• Wolfenden report
• List of gay movies

The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the Wolfenden report, after Lord Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee) was published in Britain on September 3, 1957 after a succession of well-known men were convicted of homosexual offences. ... This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films. ...

External links

• Victim at the Internet Movie Database