The Trials of Oscar Wilde (The Man with the Green Carnation) (1960)
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Peter Finch portrays the titular flamboyant Irish poet/playwright in The Trials of Oscar Wilde. The storyline, lifted to a great extent from actual court records, recounts Wilde's late 19th century libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury. The author loses, whereupon he himself is tried… More Peter Finch portrays the titular flamboyant Irish poet/playwright in The Trials of Oscar Wilde. The storyline, lifted to a great extent from actual court records, recounts Wilde's late 19th century libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury. The author loses, whereupon he himself is tried for sodomy due to his homosexual affair with the Marquis' son, Lord Douglas. Wilde is sentenced to prison; the public humiliation leads to the once-proud writer's immortal poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol--and to his premature death in 1900. The film had to tiptoe around certain touchy legalities, in that sodomy was still a punishable offence in British courts in 1960. The US title for this film was The Trial of Oscar Wilde, effectively killing the ironic double meaning of the plural British title. In certain regions, the film was shown as The Man with the Green Carnation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irving Allen, Ken Hughes
- Written By
- John Furnell, Ken Hughes
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Classics, Gay & Lesbian
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1960 Wide
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Cast
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Peter Finch
as Oscar Wilde
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Yvonne Mitchell
as Constance Wilde
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James Mason
as Sir Edward Carson
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Nigel Patrick
as Sir Edward Clarke
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Lionel Jeffries
as Marquis of Queensberry
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John Fraser
as Lord Alfred Douglas
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Sonia Dresdel
as Lady Wilde
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Maxine Audley
as Ada Leverson
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James Booth
as Alfred Wood
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Emrys Jones
as Robbie Ross
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Paul Rogers
as Frank Harris
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Ian Fleming
as Arthur
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Laurence Naismith
as Prince of Wales
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Naomi Chance
as Lily Langtry
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Meredith Edwards
as Auctioneer
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Anthony Newlands
as First Clerk of Arraigns
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Michael Goodliffe
as Charles Gill
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Liam Gaffney
as Willie Wilde
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Ronald Cardew
as Lord Sonning
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Derek Aylward
as Lord Percy Douglas
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Campbell Singer
as Insector
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A.J. Brown
as Justice Collins
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Charles Carson
as Justice Charles
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David Ensor
as Justice Wills
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Gladys Henson
as Landlady
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Cicely Paget-Bowman
as Lady Queensberry
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Alfred Burke
as Reporter
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Edward Evans
as Sydney
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Lloyd Lamble
as Charles Humphries
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Howard Lang
as Court Usher
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John Welsh
as Cafe Royal Manager
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Victor Brooks
as Constable
- Victor Kendall
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Robert Percival
as Second Clerk of Arraigns
