Review of Victim (1961) by His L — 17 Dec 2007
An interesting film. At the time this film was seen as very risky due to the fact it deals with homosexuality. The main plot involves lawyer Melville Farr (played by Dirk Bogarde). Although married Farr is secretly a homosexual.
Farr becomes involved in a blackmail investigation after one of his friends kills himself after being blackmailed due to them also being a homosexual. Farr then faces the decision of turning the blackmailers in (therefore ruining his career) or order them to keep quite, therefore becoming a blackmailer himself.
At the time of release (1961) homosexuality was still illegal so obviously the film was considered quite ground-breaking. These days the film does seem a little dated, yet there is still a solid crime story in it.
This review of Victim (1961) was written by His L on 17 Dec 2007.
Victim has generally received very positive reviews.
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