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The Leather Boys is a 1964 British drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell and Dudley Sutton. The story is set in the rocker subculture in London and features a gay motorcyclist.
- £106,271
- Bill McGuffie
- January 1964
- Raymond Stross
The Leather Boys: Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson. An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working-class marriage--and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
- (974)
- Drama, Romance
- Sidney J. Furie
- 1964-03-08
Young, rebellious Englishwoman Dot (Rita Tushingham) escapes her dull family life by impulsively marrying bike mechanic Reggie (Colin Campbell). Their union,...
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- Rita Tushingham
- Sidney J. Furie
- Drama
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Without having a real plan for the future apart from marrying Dot, his rebellious high-school sweetheart who is still in school, leather-clad working-class mechanic Reggie only feels alive when he rides his "Bathtub" Triumph 5TA Speed Twin motorcycle.
The Leather Boys (1964) Hit the road: gay guilt and desire in the mid-60s. Envisaged as a ‘Romeo and Romeo in the south London suburbs,’ Gillian Freeman’s 1961 novel centred on an explicitly homosexual relationship.
