The Leather Boys (1963)
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67% of users liked it
(148 ratings)
Dot (Rita Tushingham) is a girl who marries motorcycle maven Reggie (Colin Campbell) to escape her parents' influence. The marriage gets off to a rocky start and completely slides downhill after the honeymoon is plagued by bad weather. Dot refuses to have anything to do with household… More Dot (Rita Tushingham) is a girl who marries motorcycle maven Reggie (Colin Campbell) to escape her parents' influence. The marriage gets off to a rocky start and completely slides downhill after the honeymoon is plagued by bad weather. Dot refuses to have anything to do with household responsibilities and cooks only canned beans. Reggie loses interest in sex with Dot because of her actions, and after moving in with his grandmother, he begins to hang around Pete (Dudley Sutton). The two friends ride their motorcycles and begin to spend even more time together, and eventually Reggie realizes that Pete is a homosexual. Dot tells Reggie she is pregnant in an attempt to get him back -- with no result, but when Reggie comes home to find his wife in bed with another man, he decides to go off to sea with Pete. Pete leaves Reggie shaken and alone when he goes off with a group of sailors out to satisfy their same-sex lust. The film was controversial at the time of its initial release. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sidney J. Furie
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Gay & Lesbian
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 8, 1964 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
something rather different and much more interesting than a "gang terrorizes town" flick
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Cast
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Rita Tushingham
as Dot
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Colin Campbell
as Reggie
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Dudley Sutton
as Pete
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Gladys Henson
as Gran
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Avice Landone
as Reggie's Mother
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Lockwood West
as Reggie's Father
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Betty Marsden
as Dot's Mother
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Martin Matthews
as Uncle Arthur
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Johnny Briggs
as Boy Friend
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James Chase
as Les
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Geoffrey Dunn
as Mr. Lunnis
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Dandy Nichols
as Mrs. Stanley
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Elizabeth Begley
as Receptionist
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Brian Phelan
as Man-in-Jeans
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Oliver MacGreevy
as Merchant Seaman
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Sandra Caron
as School Girl
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Carmel McSharry
as Bus Conductor
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Joyce Hemson
as Publican's Wife
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Jill Mai Meredith
as June
- Denholm Elliott
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Sylvia Kay
as Schoolteacher
