The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Directed byKen Hughes
Screenplay byMontgomery Hyde
Ken Hughes
Based onThe Stringed Lute
by John Furnell
Produced byHarold Huth
StarringPeter Finch
Yvonne Mitchell
James Mason
Nigel Patrick
Lionel Jeffries
John Fraser
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byGeoffrey Foot
Music byRon Goodwin
Production
company
Distributed byEros Films
Release date
  • 28 May 1960 (1960-05-28) (London)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£270,000 or £296,500

The Trials of Oscar Wilde, also known as The Man with the Green Carnation and The Green Carnation, is a 1960 British drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. It was written by Allen and Ken Hughes, directed by Hughes, and produced by Harold Huth. The screenplay was by Ken Hughes and Montgomery Hyde, based on an unperformed play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell (the pseudonym of Phyllis Macqueen). The film was made by Warwick Films and released by Eros Films.

It stars Peter Finch as Wilde, Lionel Jeffries as Queensberry, and John Fraser as Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) with James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Maxine Audley, Paul Rogers and James Booth.