Overview
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Cast
- Robert Morley as Oscar Wilde
- Ralph Richardson as Sir Edward Carson
- Phyllis Calvert as Constance Wilde
- John Neville as Lord Alfred Douglas
- Dennis Price as Robert Ross
- Alexander Knox as Sir Edgar Clarke
- Edward Chapman as Marquis of Queensberry
- William Devlin as Solicitor-General
- Robert Harris as Justice Henn Collins
- Henry Oscar as Justice Wills