The Leather Boys
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1h 47m
Directed by Sidney J. Furie | 107 mins | 1964
Long before he directed the Diana Ross vehicle "Lady Sings the Blues" and cult horror classic "The Entity," versatile Canadian filmmaker Furie helmed this Cockney tale of motorized delinquency and Ton-Up rocker subculture, starring Colin Campbell and Swinging Sixties icon Rita Tushingham as working-class teenagers in a love triangle with an openly gay biker. A key queer film in the kitchen sink realist movement, full of moody black-and-white lensing, natty scarves and iconic Norton Café Racer motorcycles.
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