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About
Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.
Theatrical
Apr 1, 1953
Digital
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office
$10K
Budget
$20K
Return
0.5x
Theaters
3
Director
Writer
Producer
Studio
Screen Classics (II)
Keywords
transvestism
transvestite
psychology
surrealism
b movie
sex change
docudrama
psychiatrist
tolerance
secret life
campy
lgbt
dream sequence
semi autobiographical
cross dresser
police inspector
exploring sexuality
1950s
hormone therapy
hermaphrodite
suicide investigation
medical procedural
transgender women
Quotes
See all →Exploring Modern Gender Identity Issues
Taglines
What Was "His" Sex...? A Daring Expose Of A Modern Problem...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Strange Loves and Unfulfilled Marriages
Taglines
Strange Loves... of those who live and love but can not marry!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →T
Timothy Farrell
Dr. Alton / Narrator
B
Bela Lugosi
Scientist
E
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
L
Lyle Talbot
Inspector Warren
D
Dolores Fuller
Barbara
C
Charlie Crafts
Johnny (as Charles Crafts)
C
Conrad Brooks
Banker / Reporter / Pickup Artist / Bearded Drag (as Connie Brooks)
H
Henry Bederski
Man with Hat and Receding Hairline (uncredited)
A
Amzie Strickland
Minor Role (uncredited)
H
Harry Thomas
Man in Nightmare (uncredited)
W
William C. Thompson
Judge (uncredited)
G
George Weiss
Man at Transvestite's Suicide (uncredited)
