DramaHistoryRomanceTV Movie
Against the Law
User Score26 votes
68%6.8/10
Release2017→
Runtime1H 23M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Daniel Mays
Peter Wildeblood
Richard Gadd
Eddie McNally
Mark Gatiss
Dr. Landers
Charlie Creed-Miles
Superintendent Jones
Richard Dillane
Prosecutor Roberts
Paul Keating
Fanny
Mark Edel-Hunt
Edward Montagu
David Robb
Lord Wolfenden
Media7
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Director
Fergus O'Brien
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Keywords
based on true storylaw and ethicsmale homosexualitybased on memoir or autobiographydocudramasexual repressionsemi-documentarylgbt1950scriminal trialqueer britanniasocial prejudicegay theme
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Countries:United Kingdom
Production:BBC StudiosThe Wellcome Trust