A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Directed by Albert Lewin
painting
attic
painting comes to life
never aging
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3.6 / 5
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Cast
Hurd Hatfield
Dorian Gray
George Sanders
Lord Henry Wotton
Donna Reed
Gladys Hallward
Angela Lansbury
Sibyl Vane
Peter Lawford
David Stone
Lowell Gilmore
Basil Hallward
Richard Fraser
James Vane
Douglas Walton
Allen Campbell
Morton Lowry
Adrian Singleton
Miles Mander
Sir Robert Bentley
Lydia Bilbrook
Mrs. Vane
Mary Forbes
Lady Agatha
Crew
Albert Lewin
Director
Albert Lewin
Screenplay
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Oscar Wilde
Novel
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Popular Reviews
98 reviews
Pynk
3.0★ · 03/21/26
Some great directorial choices but the story is so watered down and pacing is just kind of off. Loved seeing baby Angela (for 5 minutes) though.
Some great directorial choices but the story is so watered down and pacing is just kind of off. Loved seeing baby Angela (for 5 minutes) though.
fatima
4.0★ · 03/20/26
not enough homoerotic tension between dorian and basil
not enough homoerotic tension between dorian and basil
Sam
8.0★ · 02/23/26
I love when movies like these are shockingly terrifying
I love when movies like these are shockingly terrifying
Scotty
7.0★ · 02/14/26
Could’ve been gayer
Could’ve been gayer
Sam Lopez
5.0★ · 01/02/26
oscar wilde name drop felt insane like how did they just break the fourth wall like that lmao?? its like iron man saying oh yeah my buddy stan lee! also understandable that this is nowhere near as gay as the book since yk… its hollywood in the 40s so i didn’t expect much. there are quite a few key details left out from the book that i thought were important to the plot and wish they’d focused on those things more. also the aged painting genuinely looked INSANE. like i did not expect that out of a movie like this lol.
oscar wilde name drop felt insane like how did they just break the fourth wall like that lmao?? its like iron man saying oh yeah my buddy stan lee! also understandable that this is nowhere near as gay as the book since yk… its hollywood in the 40s so i didn’t expect much. there are quite a few key details left out from the book that i thought were important to the plot and wish they’d focused on those things more. also the aged painting genuinely looked INSANE. like i did not expect that out of a movie like this lol.
