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Straight-Jacket (2004)

Director: Richard Day

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From Time Out New York

In an obvious nod to Rock Hudson, Guy Stone (Letscher), a gay 1950s movie star, agrees to wed the studio's irritatingly ditsy secretary (Preston), who's not savvy enough to realize that the speedy marriage is a hoax. When Guy starts working in a dumbed-down screen adaptation of a novel about labor unions, the book's author, socially conscious beefcake Rick Foster (Greer), becomes an unlikely love interest for the superficial cad. Richard Day's McCarthy-era satire clumsily alternates between campy frivolity and weighty subtext.

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Cast & crew

Director: Richard Day

Producer: Michael Warwick

Cast: Matt Letscher, Carrie Preston, Adam Greer, Veronica Cartwright, Victor Raider-Wexler, Michael Emerson, Jack Plotnick, Adrian Neil, David Burke full cast

Duration: 96 mins


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