1961 · drama · lgbt · thriller
Victim
Directed by Basil Dearden1h 41m1961
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Our read: Victim (1961) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · lgbt · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / lgbt, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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“You want a taut British moral thriller about dignity, law, and quiet courage.”
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