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Glen or Glenda? (1953)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:7
Rotten:15
Average Rating:3.6/10
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A police inspector is puzzled by the suicide of a transvestite, and goes to a psychiatrist to find out about the kind of man who prefers to dress in woman's clothing. The psychiatrist tells him... A police inspector is puzzled by the suicide of a transvestite, and goes to a psychiatrist to find out about the kind of man who prefers to dress in woman's clothing. The psychiatrist tells him about two of his patients, in particular Glen, a man who was engaged to be married but who couldn't bear to tell his fiancee of his unusual desires. [More]
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Daniel Davis, Dolores Fuller
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Daniel Davis, Dolores Fuller, Timothy Farrell, Tommy Haynes, Conrad Brooks
Director: Edward D. Wood
Director: Edward D. Wood
Screenwriter: Edward D. Wood
Producer: George David Weiss
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Release:
Feb 15, 2000
Reviews for Glen or Glenda?
as insanely bad as this movie is, it retains perverse pleasures that serve it well as a cult icon
The passage of time has not transformed Glen or Glenda? into a good movie; it has, however, revealed it to be a braver film than anyone had ever imagined.
This well-meaning disaster, rescued from the obscurity it surely craves, is without doubt a candidate for one of the worst films ever made.
It isn't quite a camp classic, although it's dreadful enough to have a certain comic appeal. ''Glen or Glenda'' is also a film of great conviction in its way, and that tends to interfere with the fun.
It baffles science and logic and rudimentary narrative skills, but it's fascinating.
Just because Ed Wood's become a cultural icon, that doesn't make this movie any less hilariously inept.
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