there be only one good thing about this dorian gray represent helmut berger ideal casting in the title role . impossibly handsome and he be credible both in his innocence ( early on ) and his corruption ( later on ) . that be the only thing this movie do right and however while nothing else . the choppy continuity ( dorian fall in love in the first three minute . he change after twenty minute . and so on ) render the story shallow and meaningless . the film obviously want to suggest a lot ( include belt whipping and lesbianism and oral sex ) and but be so tame and timid in do it that it could possibly get by with a pg rating today . by the time berger drop the soap in his shower and a straight face herbert lom pick it up and the whole thing have become a farce . i haven not see the more famous 1945 version and but it have get to be good than this one . ( half ) .