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The Leather Boys [VHS] [1964]

Rita Tushingham (Actor), Colin Campbell (XI) (Actor), Sidney J. Furie (Director) | Rated: Parental Guidance | Format: VHS Tape
2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell (XI), Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson, Avice Landone
  • Directors: Sidney J. Furie
  • Language: English
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Second Sight
  • VHS Release Date: 27 April 1998
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJEC
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 156,220 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Two 1960s British teenagers (Rita Tushingham and Colin Campbell) marry in order to have sex with no hassles. Their relationship quickly begins to fail and is further complicated when the husband discovers motorbikes and a male lover. Highly controversial in its day.

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating 7 Aug 2007
By Simon Crubellier
Format:DVD
This is a minor gem of a kitchen sink drama, with some some great performances and some location sequences that will get nostalgia buffs very steamed up - Butlins in Bognor and the old Ace Café!

However, it's very badly served indeed by this release. To start with, it's a fairly duff print, which can't necessarily be helped, but is still annoying. Much more seriously, the box copy claims that the film is presented in widescreen, when in fact it's letterboxed 4:3 - which means that widescreen TV owners can choose between either watching a minuscule (around 1/3 size) picture floating in the middle of the screen, or zooming in, which degrades the image so badly as to render it pretty much unwatchable. The picture resolution is so low and the transfer so poor that on LCD screens many scenes simply dissolve into a riot of pixellation. Wait for it to turn up on TV instead.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Great Film - Terrible DVD 2 Jan 2008
By M. Baldry
Format:DVD
A great kitchen sink social drama from the early sixties - but - this must be about the worst dvd transfer i have ever seen! Some scenes were so pixelated you can hardly make out the faces. The makers of this dvd should be ashamed to charge such a price for such a shoddy piece of work.

A great british film ruined!
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Complete waste of money 29 April 2007
By Mr. V. G. Davis
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a very disappointing release. The picture quality is so bad that it looks like a pirate version. Also, whilst originally filmed in Cinemascope the film is shown in full screen. Save your money!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars The Leather Boys DVD
Nostalgic reminder of the 60/70's Rocker days. Weak Story line but worth watching for the biking scenes. Well worth having in you were a biker in that period.
Published 25 days ago by Mike Putt
3.0 out of 5 stars quality of dvd
It was good to see the film in widesceen on the dvd, as my video recording was 4:3, but the quality of the dvd picture was worse than my video recording that i taped off the tv... Read more
Published 2 months ago by orac
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD
I bought this for someone else, they had seen it years ago and didn't think that they would be able to pick it up, so were really pleased when I found it.
Published 4 months ago by F. Gibson
2.0 out of 5 stars Very poor quality for a DVD
The Leather Boys [1963] [DVD]

Sadly, an iconic British film ruined by very poor quality digital mastering. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Fifties Boy
1.0 out of 5 stars The Leather Boys [1963]
Rubbish bootleg copy completely unwatchable. infact we ended up watching the movie on Youtube in 10 min parts, it was a lot of messing about and the Youtube version was still poor... Read more
Published 13 months ago by boldpatch
1.0 out of 5 stars AMAZON DO SOMETHING!
AMAZON - in view of all these comments why don't you withdraw this issue??? I just saw the film on TV (in a very acceptable print) and wanted to buy it...but not now! Digraceful!
Published 14 months ago by Richard di Calatrava
1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at All Costs!!!!
I was looking forward to seeing this old Classic again......
However, this has to be the poorest quality dvd transfer I've ever seen, bar NONE!!!! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mrs. R
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
This is an important and fascinating film with some excellent performances if decidedly questionable attitudes, towards male homosexuality. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Adrian Drew
1.0 out of 5 stars Crash Bang What A Picture
After reading all the bad reviews about this film I decided not to buy this DVD. Although I was lucky to find someone who had a copy and borrowed it just to see what all the fuss... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2010 by Benbow Hawkins
1.0 out of 5 stars Shameful quality from Orbit
As many other reviews have said, this is a classic British film and deserving of a decent release. If I'd been given this for free I'd have thrown it away. Read more
Published on 24 July 2010 by Schnack
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