Mar 16, 2017
83 min
Full-HD

Against the Law (2017)

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.

Category

Drama History Romance TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC Studios The Wellcome Trust

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

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