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Against the Law (2017)

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.

Director: Fergus O'Brien
Writers: Brian Fillis

Themes1950sbased on memoir or autobiographybased on true storycriminal trialdocudramagay themelaw and ethicslgbtmale homosexualityqueer britannia

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Cast

Daniel Mays

Peter Wildeblood

Richard Gadd

Eddie McNally

Mark Gatiss

Dr. Landers

Charlie Creed-Miles

Superintendent Jones

Richard Dillane

Prosecutor Roberts

Paul Keating

Fanny

Mark Edel-Hunt

Edward Montagu

David Robb

Lord Wolfenden

Josh Collins

Michael Pitt-Rivers

Daniel Betts

Defense Rawlinson