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

Recommendations

Directed by John Ford

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

The Class of ‘92

Seduced and Abandoned

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

A Toxic Love Story

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar

I Am Heath Ledger