Victim (1961)

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Rating: 5.0

Popular cinema tackling the issue of society's view of homosexuality in 1961 is rather bold, let alone doing so in Britian, where being gay was a criminal offense.

Victim, besides being beautifully photographed and well acted, surprisingly never manages to fall off into cheesy, B-movie territory. It's handled so well that it rivals any film made today dealing with the same subject matter. Also interesting is how relevant this film is today, what with Bush's war against gay marriage; guess we haven't gotten too far since this film was released.