THE LEATHER BOYS is one of the most heartfelt kitchen sink dramas of the era. It's ostensibly a relationship drama charting the marriage between a young woman (Rita Tushingham) and her biker boyfriend Colin Campbell. The main story in itself is engaging, but what makes this really special is the homosexual subtext, very unusual for its era. Of course, nothing could be explicitly shown or even referenced in the script, so if you were a kid watching this you wouldn't even pick it up. But as an adult it has a kind of raw empathy that really enthralls. The leads are very good but Dudley Sutton steals the show with an incredibly sympathetic supporting role, and the ending is magnificent.
Review of The Leather Boys
