Trials of Oscar Wilde (The)
- Director: Ken Hughes
- Writer: John Furnell; Ken Hughes
- Producer: Irving Allen; Albert R. Broccoli
CGiii Comment
Finch is a marvel.
This has a beating heart and the agony is delivered without compromise.
The pomposity of the age deliciously and deliberately captured.
A classic piece of work.
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The(ir) Blurb...
At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberry slanders Wilde, the arrogant artist decides to take the matter to court, and brings about his own downfall.
Cast & Characters
Peter Finch as Oscar Wilde;
Yvonne Mitchell as Constance Wilde;
James Mason as Sir Edward Carson;
Nigel Patrick as Sir Edward Clarke;
Lionel Jeffries as John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry;
John Fraser as Lord Alfred Douglas;
Sonia Dresdel as Lady Wilde;
Maxine Audley as Ada Leverson;
James Booth as Alfred Wood;
Emrys Jones as Robbie Ross;
Lloyd Lamble as Charles Humphries;
Paul Rogers as Frank Harris;
Ian Fleming as Arthur, the Wilde Butler;
Laurence Naismith as Prince of Wales;
Naomi Chance as Lily Langtry