List of LGBT-related films of 1961
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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1961. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Accattone | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy | Drama | Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi and Adriana Asti | |
The Children's Hour | William Wyler | United States | Drama | Shirley MacLaine, Audrey Hepburn, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter and Karen Balkin | The film is based on Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour, with school teachers falsely accused of having lesbian relationship; one of them realizes that she is in love with the other.[1] |
La Fille aux yeux d'or | Jean-Gabriel Albicocco | France Italy | Drama | Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Françoise Dorléac and Jacques Verlier | AKA The Girl with the Golden Eyes |
A Taste of Honey | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom | Drama | Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin and Paul Danquah | Co-written by Shelagh Delaney, based on her play of the same name |
Victim | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom | Crime, drama | Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Nigel Stock, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Hilton Edwards, Norman Bird, Derren Nesbitt and Alan MacNaughtan | First English language film to use the word "homosexual" |
References
- ^ Darren, p. 45