The Trials of Oscar Wilde ★★★ The Man with the Green Carnation; The Green Carnation 1960 Finch is the highlight as playwright/wit Wilde, who illadvisedly sues the Marquis of Queensbury (Jeffries) for libel when the peer accuses him of being a sodomite. Wilde is, in fact, having an affair with the Marquis' son, Lord Alfred Douglas (Fraser), which eventually leads to Wilde's imprisonment and the destruction of his life. Based on the play "The Stringed Lute" by John Furnell and the book "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" by Montgomery Hyde. 123m/C VHS. GB Peter Finch, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Nigel Patrick, James Mason, Yvonne Mitchell, Maxine Audley, James Booth, Paul Rogers, Ian Fleming, Laurence Naismith;
Director:
Ken Hughes;
Writer:
Ken Hughes;
Writer:
Ted Moore;
Cameo:
Ronald Goodwin.
