Hitchcoc

The plot here is pretty simple. A councilman is found dead on a street. As the investigation moves forward, it is discovered he is gay and that is the complicating factor.

The bad guys, a couple extortionists, go to the victim demanding large sums of money.

The blackmail then goes to the guy's father, who is embarrassed that his son is, in fact, gay. There are serious threat made and to get these guys the father has to come forward. He will not testify to the threats that came to the son. He wanted the son closeted so as not to be singled out.

A very effective portrayal of a problem in the gay community.