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6.826 votes

Movie

Against the Law

2017•1h 23m•Drama, History, Romance, TV Movie

United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.

Top cast

Daniel Mays

Peter Wildeblood

Richard Gadd

Mark Gatiss

Charlie Creed-Miles

Charlie Creed-Miles

Superintendent Jones

Richard Dillane

Richard Dillane

Prosecutor Roberts

Paul Keating

David Robb

Michael Pitt-Rivers

Daniel Betts

Defense Rawlinson

Details

Director: Fergus O'Brien
Writer

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Keywords

based on true story law and ethics male homosexuality based on memoir or autobiography docudrama

Production

BBC Studios, The Wellcome Trust

Country

United Kingdom

Original language

English

Release date

March 16, 2017

Status

Released

sexual repression

semi-documentary

queer britannia

social prejudice