The Leather Boys

The Leather Boys
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Directed bySidney J. Furie
Written byGillian Freeman
Produced byRaymond Stross
Starring
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Edited byReginald Beck
Music byBill McGuffie
Distributed byBritish Lion-Columbia
Release date
  • January 1964 (1964-01)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£106,271

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 very early 1960s ton-up boy era, just before the rocker subculture in London and features a gay motorcyclist. It is based on the 1961 novel by Gillian Freeman.

The film is notable as an early example of a film that violated the Hollywood production code, yet was still shown in the United States, as well as being an important film in the genre of queer cinema. An example of British kitchen sink realism, its treatment of homosexuality was considered daring at the time of its release.