{"id":84551,"date":"2022-06-02T21:37:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84551"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T22:04:14","slug":"leather-boys-the-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84551","title":{"rendered":"Leather Boys, The (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I wanna go somewhere! I wanna do something!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Poster.png 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a motorcyclist (Colin Campbell) and his young girlfriend Dot (Rita Tushingham) have a falling out shortly after their marriage, Reggie (Campbell) moves in with his friend Pete (Dudley Sutton), not realizing Pete is gay.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homosexuality<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Newlyweds<\/li>\n<li>Rita Tushingham Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nCanadian director Sidney Furie helmed this adaptation of a novel by Gillian Freeman (written under the pseudonym &#8220;Eliot George&#8221;) about motorcycle culture and homosexuality in mid-century Britain. Naturally, the book was toned down quite a bit in order to pass censors, with the first portion of the &#8220;kitchen sink realism&#8221; storyline focusing on Reggie and Dot&#8217;s doomed working-class marriage. The couple are so immature and inexperienced that their idea of marital bliss (at least at first) is having privacy for sex, and going to a carnival-like &#8220;chalet&#8221; where Dot instantly gets her hair dyed blonde after years of her mother telling her not to. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Doomed-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it becomes clear that the couple have a <em>lot<\/em> of maturing to do in order to begin to function as co-habiting adults, the narrative shifts towards both motorcycle culture: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Motorcycles-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the friendship subplot between Reggie and Pete. It&#8217;s crystal clear to everyone (<em>except<\/em> apparently Reggie) that Pete is gay, which strains credulity a bit &#8212; though Reggie (just like Dot) really is young and naive on every level. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Campbell-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sutton&#8217;s performance as Pete is a stand-out: he conveys depth, longing, and a life filled with camouflage. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Clueless-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was interesting reading this quote from Sutton on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0840303\/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\">IMDb&#8217;s biography page about him<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[My role in <em>Leather Boys<\/em>] was the breakthrough moment for me but it wasn&#8217;t shown very widely because it had a homosexual theme to it. It was a risky part to take, but then I was very political and, although I am not gay myself, I really did care about the trouble my gay friends were having. People were being put in prison, beaten up, blackmailed, so when that job came up I thought, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to play it as a man who is in love, not a flapping, limp-wristed camp thing that everyone can laugh at.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, it&#8217;s not until the film&#8217;s final moments when we see a more cliched and seedy glimpse into the world Pete maneuvers through. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bar-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dudley Sutton as Pete<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Sutton-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rita Tushingham and Colin Campbell as the naive young newlyweds<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Couple-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enjoyable motorcycling sequences (particularly when the group rides through Edinburgh)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Edinburgh-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography by Gerald Gibbs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Leather-Boys-Bench-604x263.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look for its historical significance in gay cinema. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057244\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1965\/11\/09\/archives\/the-leather-boys-with-rita-tushingham-arrives-belatedly.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondo-digital.com\/leatherboys.html\">Mondo Digital Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I wanna go somewhere! I wanna do something!&#8221; Synopsis: When a motorcyclist (Colin Campbell) and his young girlfriend Dot (Rita Tushingham) have a falling out shortly after their marriage, Reggie (Campbell) moves in with his friend Pete (Dudley Sutton), not realizing Pete is gay. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Homosexuality Marital Problems Motorcyclists Newlyweds Rita Tushingham Films Review: Canadian director Sidney Furie helmed this adaptation of a novel by Gillian Freeman (written under the pseudonym &#8220;Eliot George&#8221;) about motorcycle culture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84551\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84551"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84599,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84551\/revisions\/84599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}