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Review

Actually nothing more than a TV drama, this is the kind of crap Hollywood used to pass off when queers "belonged in the closet." Two people initially dislike each other, but eventually fall in love – even though they are both gay.

Albert (King) arrives in L.A. accompanied by a classical conductor (Donat), who is depicted as an obnoxious, vindictive and philandering old homo. Albert's life as a boy-toy is short-lived and he's thrown out in favor of younger meat. He quickly meets Stella (Foster), a lesbian, who offers him a night on her sofa. But the two "gay" people are drawn together and soon they are copulating like rabbits. They get married to keep Albert from being deported, make love regularly , have a child, he gets a good job, she quits hers, and then begin to fight! What sexist, homophobic crap! The gayness of these two characters is simply a plot device. The pre-hetero Albert is obviously gay -- he's a neat freak, great cook and knows lots about women's clothes. Stella got a girlfriend, Phyllis (Curtin) who is seen in obvious need of a man. The film's motto is "queerness can be 'cured' with a good hetero fuck." Even the N.Y. Times called this film offensive in 1978, buyer beware.

 -- Scott Cranin