The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960 film by Ken Hughes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde, also known as The Man with the Green Carnation and The Green Carnation, is a 1960 British drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. It was written by Allen and Ken Hughes, directed by Hughes, and co-produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli and Harold Huth. The screenplay was by Ken Hughes and Montgomery Hyde, based on an unperformed play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell (the pseudonym of Phyllis Macqueen).[6] The film was made by Warwick Films and released by Eros Films.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde | |
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Directed by | Ken Hughes |
Screenplay by | Montgomery Hyde Ken Hughes |
Based on | The Stringed Lute by John Furnell |
Produced by | Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli Harold Huth |
Starring | Peter Finch Yvonne Mitchell James Mason Nigel Patrick Lionel Jeffries John Fraser |
Cinematography | Ted Moore |
Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
Music by | Ron Goodwin |
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Distributed by | Eros Films[1] |
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Running time | 123 minutes[2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £270,000[3][4] or £296,500[5] |
It stars Peter Finch as Wilde, Lionel Jeffries as Queensberry, and John Fraser as Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) with James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Maxine Audley, Paul Rogers and James Booth.