Editing Victim (1961 film) (section)

===Filming===
Syms later recalled that filming had to be completed in just 10 days.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Coldstream|first1=John|title=Dirk Bogarde: The authorised biography|date=2004|publisher=Orion Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY88CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT229|access-date=22 April 2016|isbn=9781780221748}}</ref> Shooting locations included [[The Salisbury, Covent Garden]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Walking Tour of Gay London Sites|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/31/travel/travel-advisory-walking-tour-of-gay-london-sites.html|access-date=24 April 2016|work=The New York Times|date=31 January 1999}}</ref> The film's original title of ''Boy Barrett'' was changed to ''Victim'' late in production.<ref name=stafford>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/94775/victim#overview |title = Victim |access-date = 27 September 2023 |publisher = Turner Classic Movies |last = Stafford |first = Jeff}}</ref> Relph and Dearden acknowledged that the film was designed to be "an open protest against Britain's law that being a homosexual is a criminal act".<ref name=crowther/>