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Midnight Movie: The Trials of Oscar Wilde

on BBC Two England

Starring Peter Finch
with James Mason, Yvonne Mitchell, Nigel Patrick, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries

Oscar Wilde was brought to trial at the pinnacle of his career as playwright, conversationalist, and wit. The three trials and Wilde's imprisonment and ostracism remain one of the great controversies of the twentieth century.
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Ken Hughes
Based on the play The Stringed Lute by:
John Fernald
Based on the play Trials of Oscar Wilde by:
Montgomery Hyde
Production Designer:
Ken Adam
Producer:
Harold Huth
Oscar Wilde:
Peter Finch
Edward Carson:
James Mason
Constance Wilde:
Yvonne Mitchell
Sir Edward Clarke:
Nigel Patrick
Lord Alfred Douglas:
John Fraser
The Marquess of Queensberry:
Lionel Jeffries
Ada Leverson:
Maxine Audley
Wood:
James Booth
Lady Wilde:
Sonia Dresdel
Robbie Ross:
Emrys Jones
Frank Harris:
Paul Rogers

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