Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

96 mins | Documentary | Feb. 13, 2010

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.

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

96 mins | Documentary | Feb. 13, 2010

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Florianfilm, ORF, Yle, ARTE GEIE
Original title Rock Hudson - Schöner fremder Mann
Directors Andrew Davies, André Schäfer
Writers Andrew Davies, André Schäfer

Cast

Rock Hudson

as Himself (archive footage)

Salome Jens

as Herself

Richard Anderson

as Himself

Richard Dyer

as Himself

Armistead Maupin

as Himself

Leonard B. Stern

as Himself

Yanou Collart

as Herself

Sean O. Strub

as Himself

Tom Santopietro

as Himself

Stockton Briggle

as Himself

Rona Barrett

as Herself