A married but closeted barrister finds himself the target of a blackmail scheme in Basil Dearden’s groundbreaking queer thriller. Anchored by an electrifying and deeply personal performance by Dirk Bogarde (himself closeted), VICTIM is a fearless film that was so shocking for its time that it was initially banned in the US for “overtly expressing pleas for social acceptance of the homosexual, to the extent that he be made socially tolerable.” In 35mm.

Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.