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Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie (1973)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Tom DeSimone

Synopsis

The film, narrated by "LA Plays Itself" director Fred Halstead, begins by looking at the muscle magazines and films of the late 1940s-early 1960s, then at the softcore films of the late 60s and the boundary-pushing and legal-testing which allowed these to evolve into hardcore loops and then features.

Actors

Fred Halsted
Fred Halsted
Narrator
Poco Alan
Poco Alan
Self (archive footage)
Larry Danser
Larry Danser
Self (archive footage)
Ed Fury
Ed Fury
(archive footage)
Monte Hansen
Monte Hansen
(archive footage)
Sky Kinque
Sky Kinque
(archive footage)
D.C. Michaels
D.C. Michaels
(archive footage)
Ruffin Tumble
Ruffin Tumble
(archive footage)
Billy Hitchcock
Billy Hitchcock

Crews

Tom DeSimone
Tom DeSimone
Director

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