Beefcake

Beefcake

91 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | Sept. 1, 1998

A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.

Beefcake

91 mins | Drama, Documentary, History | Sept. 1, 1998

Beefcake
A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Channel Four Films, Emotion Pictures, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Téléfilm Canada, La Sept-Arte, Mikado Film, Odeon Films, Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
Original title Beefcake
Directors Kayla Popp, Jason Shipley, Thom Fitzgerald
Writers Valentine Hooven, Thom Fitzgerald

Cast

Daniel MacIvor

as Bob Mizer

Joshua Peace

as Neil E. O'Hara (as Josh Peace)

Jack Griffin Mazeika

as Red (as J. Griffin Mazeika)

Carroll Godsman

as Delia Mizer

Jonathan Torrens

as David

Thomas Wayne Harris

as Mizer's Attorney (as Thomas Cawood)

Jaime Robertson

as Prosecuting Attorney

Dick Sircom

as Judge

Thom Fitzgerald

as LaFleur's Attorney

Orest Ulan

as Defence (as Orest E Ulan)

Glen Deveau

as Soldier Just Off the Bus

Andrew Miller

as Tiny

Marla McLean

as Cabaret Singer

Daniel McLaren

as AMG Model

Marc St. Onge

as Drug Addict

Steve MacLaughlin

as LaFleur

Andy Smith

as Arthur Bob

Michael Weir

as AMG Model

Marc Le Blanc

as AMG Model

Timothy Phillips

as Bob Mizer (age 12)

Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin

as Neil's Brother

Lucy Decoutere

as Champ's Wife

Renee Penney

as Court Stenographer

Joe Dacey

as Attorney

Megan Richards

as Doris' Date

Liz Anderson

as Doris

Sarah Dunsworth

as Blonde Kitten

Kathy Pederson

as Brunette Kitten

Mark Burt

as AMG Model

Brian Breau

as AMG Model

Mitchell Landzaat

as Arresting Officer

Stephen Arnold

as Newsstand Clerk

Jane Kansas

as Neil's Mother

Wayne Bedwell

as AMG Model

Reuben Lee Aulos

as AMG Model

Larry Dunn

as AMG Model

Bobby Lawrance

as AMG Model

Dick Scholer

as Satyr with Panpipes

Brad Allen

as AMG Model

Gary Herman

as AMG Model

Ed James

as AMG Model

Ray Vallejo

as AMG Model

Bob Wilson

as AMG Model

David Stubbs

as AMG Model

Mitch Hadin

as AMG Model

David Jones

as AMG Model

Larry Cotrell

as AMG Model

Chuck

as AMG Model (as Chuck S)

Johnnie Dylan

as AMG Model

Ed McMahan

as AMG Model

Dave Gable

as AMG Model

Lester Frank

as AMG Model

Paul Jackson

as AMG Model

Eddie Stevens

as AMG Model

Larry Ahrendt

as AMG Model

Buddy Love

as AMG Model

Dave Connly

as AMG Model

Johnny Stacy

as AMG Model

Boris Demitroff

as AMG Model

Kenny Aloha

as AMG Model

John Menendez

as AMG Model

Lou La Venture

as AMG Model

John Stinson

as AMG Model

Lucky Rand

as AMG Model

Robert Akron

as AMG Model

Bob Kennedy

as AMG Model

Gerald Jones

as AMG Model

Terry Caldwell

as AMG Model

Jerry Silvey

as AMG Model

Lenny Schwartz

as AMG Model

John Manning

as AMG Model

Ron Thompson

as AMG Model

Skeeter Block

as AMG Model

Bob Sheahan

as AMG Model

Jim Wisdom

as AMG Model

Bob Glennon

as AMG Model

Mike Brooks

as AMG Model

Bob Jackson

as AMG Model

Dino Ferzanno

as AMG Model

Eddie O'Malley

as AMG Model

Casey Parker

as AMG Model

Billy

as Billy the Goat

Blackie Preston

as AMG Model

Jim Johnson

as AMG Model

David Mineric

as AMG Model

Guy Michols

as AMG Model

Don Brandon

as AMG Model

Larry Murdoch

as AMG Model

D'Arcy Poultney

as Joe Mizer

Tom Romard

as Indignant Man

Ann Marra Shaftel

as Happy Reader (as Ann Marra)

Jeffery Pocock

as Ramon

Raymond Kettless

as Rudolph

Phil Greyson

as Goin' my way guy...

Randy Boliver

as AMG Model

Valentine Hooven

as Himself

Jack LaLanne

as Himself

Jim Lassiter

as Himself

Joe Leitel

as Himself

Dave Martin

as Himself

Bob Mizer

as Himself (archive footage) (as Bob Mizer)

Wayne Stanley

as Himself

Russ Warner

as Himself

Joe Dallesandro

as Himself

James MacSwain

as Mr. Summers (Max of Hollywood)