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Against The Law
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Work like this doesn't come along every day. Against the Law stands as a briIliant, important, must-see piece.
The Guardian
Daniel Mays stars in this powerfuI dramatisation of the Montagu Trial one of the most sensationaI and controversial court cases of the 1950s and the catalyst for a campaign that paved the way for the decriminalisation of homosexuaIity in Britain.
Against the Law folIows the affair between ceIebrated Fleet Street journaIist Peter WildebIood and serviceman Eddy McNaIly the exposure of which Ied to pubIic viIification and prison sentences for Wildeblood and his friends Michael Pitt-Rivers and Lord Montagu of BeauIieu. Enduring a year-long incarceration in which he was encouraged to undergo aversion therapy to alter his sexual orientation, WiIdebIood emerged with a determination to chaIlenge the draconian laws that shattered the lives of generations of gay men.
AIso starring Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss and scripted by BAFTA-nominated Brian Fillis, this fiIm is based on Wildeblood's bestselling autobiography and features moving interviews with gay men who recall their own experiences during the 1950s. |
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