Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010)

4.4/10 • 96 min • Documentary

Overview

Rock Hudson was a virile screen idol who was the epitome of clean-cut masculinity. He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to die of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, providing the killer virus with a famous face amidst the American AIDS paranoia of 1985. 2010 is not only the 25th anniversary of his death but would also have been his 85 birthday. The film investigates the many film roles Rock Hudson played, against the more intimate and private world of Roy Fitzgerald.

Cast

Rock Hudson

Himself (archive footage)

Salome Jens

Richard Anderson

Armistead Maupin

Yanou Collart

Sean O. Strub

Himself

Rona Barrett

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