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The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • TV Movie
  • 1973
  • TV-14
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
567
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Shane Briant in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
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In Victorian London, Dorian Gray is given a portrait of himself by an artist. Dorian treats actress Sybil Vane cruelly and sees that his portrait looks meaner. As years pass, he grows dissol... Read allIn Victorian London, Dorian Gray is given a portrait of himself by an artist. Dorian treats actress Sybil Vane cruelly and sees that his portrait looks meaner. As years pass, he grows dissolute and never ages but his picture grows ugly.In Victorian London, Dorian Gray is given a portrait of himself by an artist. Dorian treats actress Sybil Vane cruelly and sees that his portrait looks meaner. As years pass, he grows dissolute and never ages but his picture grows ugly.

  • Director
    • Glenn Jordan
  • Writers
    • John Tomerlin
    • Oscar Wilde
  • Stars
    • Charles Aidman
    • William Beckley
    • Shane Briant
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    567
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Glenn Jordan
    • Writers
      • John Tomerlin
      • Oscar Wilde
    • Stars
      • Charles Aidman
      • William Beckley
      • Shane Briant
    • 19User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Charles Aidman
    Charles Aidman
    • Basil Hallward
    William Beckley
    William Beckley
    • Syme
    Shane Briant
    Shane Briant
    • Dorian Gray
    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • Sir Harry Wotton
    Brendan Dillon
    Brendan Dillon
    • Victor
    Fionnula Flanagan
    Fionnula Flanagan
    • Felicia
    • (as Fionnuala Flanagan)
    Vanessa Howard
    Vanessa Howard
    • Sybil Vane
    John Karlen
    John Karlen
    • Alan Campbell
    Linda Kelsey
    Linda Kelsey
    • Beatrice Hallward
    Dixie Marquis
    • Madame de Ferrol
    Hedley Mattingly
    • Parker
    Tom McCorrey
    • James Vane
    • (as Tom McCorry)
    Kim Richards
    Kim Richards
    • Beatrice as a Child
    Patricia Tidy
    • Charwoman
    Ben Wrigley
    Ben Wrigley
    • Driver
    Diana Wyatt
    • Lady Narborough
    • Director
      • Glenn Jordan
    • Writers
      • John Tomerlin
      • Oscar Wilde
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Throughout this film in various arrangements, composer Bob Cobert recycled his 1969 Top 40 and Grammy-nominated hit "Quentin's Theme" from his music for TV's "Dark Shadows".
    • Goofs
      Shane Briant's hairstyles are strictly 1973 and not the least bit appropriate to Victorian England.
    • Quotes

      Dorian Gray: [as he observes his portrait] How sad...

      Lord Harry Wotton: What? What do you mean?

      Dorian Gray: How sad it is... That I shall grow old, but this picture will remain always young. My hair will turn gray, my skin will wrinkle, and my teeth will rot. While my picture remains exactly as it is now. If only it were the other way...

      Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...

      Dorian Gray: If it were I who would remain always young and the picture would grow old. For that, I would give everything...

      Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...

      Dorian Gray: Yes, everything! For that... I would even give my soul.

      Basil Hallward: [smirks and raises his glass] To long life.

    • Connections
      Featured in Deadly Earnest's Nightmare Theatre: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1978)
    • Soundtracks
      Quentin's Theme
      by Robert Cobert

    User reviews19

    Featured review
    10/10

    One of my favorites

    I like both this version of DORIAN GRAY and the MGM version. Both add a little girl early in the story who grows up to have an association with Dorian (this is not in the original book), and that is my only complaint. I especially like Angela Lansbury as Sybil Vane and George Sanders as Harry in the MGM version, but Shane Briant as Dorian in the TV-version is much better looking (I think) and far more ruthless than Hurd Hatfield in the MGM version: I think Briant is more true to the novel's Dorian. In the end, this is a very good adaptation of the novel (it even hints at Dorian's liaison's with men, as does Wylde, which could not be done in the MGM version).
    • bekayess
    • Sep 24, 1999
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 23, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • arabuloku.com
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
    • Filming locations
      • Backlot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(London)
    • Production company
      • Dan Curtis Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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