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Against the Law(2017)

6.8(26)
1h 23m
2017-03-16

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.

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Keywords

based on true storylaw and ethics
male homosexuality
based on memoir or autobiography
docudrama
sexual repression
semi-documentary
lgbt
1950s
criminal trial
queer britannia
social prejudice
gay theme

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Top Cast

Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays
Peter Wildeblood
Richard Gadd
Richard Gadd
Eddie McNally
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss
Dr. Landers
Charlie Creed-Miles
Charlie Creed-Miles
Superintendent Jones
Richard Dillane
Richard Dillane
Prosecutor Roberts
Paul Keating
Paul Keating
Fanny
No Photo
Mark Edel-Hunt
Edward Montagu
David Robb
David Robb
Lord Wolfenden
No Photo
Josh Collins
Michael Pitt-Rivers
Daniel Betts
Daniel Betts
Defense Rawlinson
Timothy Watson
Timothy Watson
Clerk of Assize
Barney White
Barney White
Dan Starling
James Gaddas
James Gaddas
Governor Cockayne
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Claire Bond
Iris
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Matthew Canny
John Reynolds