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Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
Directed by Henry Herbert
Overview
As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship’s political powerful father, the Marquis of Queensbury. Arrested for corrupting Lord Douglas’ morals, Wilde spends a debilitating five years in Reading Gaol, emerging a shattered shell of his former self
Length 120 minutes
Actors
Michael Gambon | Robin McCallum | Tim Hardy | Karl Howman | John Hudson | Bryan Murray | Nick Reding | Emily Richard | Norman Rodway | Michael Pennington