The Gay Deceivers

1969
R
1h 37m

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5.9/10

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Lawrence P. Casey, Kevin Coughlin, and Jack Starrett in The Gay Deceivers (1969)

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Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

930

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The title used in Spanish-speaking territories roughly translates to English as 'The Third Sex Having Fun.'

Goofs
Dan at least had no need to seek a deferment for homosexuality or anything else. College undergraduates were exempt from the draft at the time of the film.

Quotes
Malcolm: I may not know my flowers, but I know a bitch when I see one!

Connections
Featured in The Curious Female (1969)

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Silly, amateurish comedy

Having watched this amateurish comedy recently, I was shocked at some of the other comments here. While "The Gay Deceivers" is as good an indication of how gays were portrayed in the late 60's (i.e. swishy, nellie queens and leather butches), it's no better than a curio - certainly not required viewing for anyone other than gay cinema completists.

There's very little here that's truly funny, since the direction and editing is so poor that basic comic timing goes out the window. Michael Greer has his first appearance as the queeny neighbor of the two hetero boys pretending to be gay to avoid the Draft. It became a typical role for him.

What's amazing is how long it took for Hollywood to graduate (even in part) from films like this, "Partners," and "A Different Story" to something approximating reality among gay people. And directors/writers still get it wrong more often than right.