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The Leather Boys (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sidney J. Furie

Written By:
Gillian Freeman

Actors:
Rita Tushingham ..... Dot
Colin Campbell ..... Reggie
Dudley Sutton ..... Pete
Gladys Henson ..... Gran
Avice Landone ..... Reggie's Mother
Lockwood West ..... Reggie's Father
Betty Marsden ..... Dot's Mother
Martin Matthews ..... Uncle Arthur (as Martin Mathews)
Johnny Briggs ..... Boy Friend
James Chase ..... Les
Geoffrey Dunn ..... Mr. Lunnis
Dandy Nichols ..... Mrs. Stanley
Elizabeth Begley ..... Woman Receptionist
Valerie Varnam ..... Brenda
Jill Mai Meredith ..... June (as Jill Meredith)

Synopsis:

Dot (Rita Tushingham) is a girl who marries motorcycle maven Reggie (Colin Campbell) to escape her parents' influence. The marriage gets off to a rocky start and completely slides downhill after the honeymoon is plagued by bad weather. Dot refuses to have anything to do with household responsibilities and cooks only canned beans. Reggie loses interest in sex with Dot because of her actions, and after moving in with his grandmother, he begins to hang around Pete (Dudley Sutton). The two friends ride their motorcycles and begin to spend even more time together, and eventually Reggie realizes that Pete is a homosexual. Dot tells Reggie she is pregnant in an attempt to get him back -- with no result, but when Reggie comes home to find his wife in bed with another man, he decides to go off to sea with Pete. Pete leaves Reggie shaken and alone when he goes off with a group of sailors out to satisfy their same-sex lust. The film was controversial at the time of its initial release.

Dot and Reg discover on their honeymoon their divergent attitudes to marriage: Dot wants fun, Reg wants Dot. Facing domestic chaos Reg with Pete makes a new life for himself of fast, ton-up, motor-bike trips. After unsuccessful and half-hearted attempts at reconciliation Reg finds Dot is unfaithful and plans to take a merchant ship to New York with Pete. Whilst waiting for him at a dockside pub, he discovers the brutal truth about Pete himself and realises that friendship too has failed.

Reggie and Dot are a young South London couple who get married before they really get to know each other. After the marriage, they quickly begin to drift apart. Dot seems content to pursue her own interests, until Reggie meets Pete, a fellow Biker, and begins to explore his own identity.

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