Two men mt pose as gay lovers to avoid gettg drafted.
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THE GAY DECEIVERS
The Gay Deceivers: Directed by Bce Ksler. Wh Kev Coughl, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris. Danny and Ellt avoid ary service by pretendg to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recg officer don't buy ." data-id="ma * the gay deceivers *
Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia1969R1h 37mPlay clip1:50Watch The Gay Deceivers: They're MarigoldsDanny and Ellt avoid ary service by pretendg to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recg officer don't buy and Ellt avoid ary service by pretendg to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recg officer don't buy and Ellt avoid ary service by pretendg to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recg officer don't buy productn, box office & pany Vios1More like thisReview Silly, amatrish edyHavg watched this amatrish edy recently, I was shocked at some of the other ments here. While "The Gay Deceivers" is as good an ditn of how gays were portrayed the late 60's (i. Swishy, nellie queens and leather butch), 's no better than a cur - certaly not required viewg for anyone other than gay cema 's very ltle here that's tly funny, sce the directn and edg is so poor that basic ic timg go out the wdow.
Michael Greer has his first appearance as the queeny neighbor of the two hetero boys pretendg to be gay to avoid the Draft.
It beme a typil role for 's amazg is how long took for Hollywood to graduate (even part) om films like this, "Partners, " and "A Different Story" to somethg approximatg realy among gay people. And directors/wrers still get wrong more often than 29, 2001Contribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was The Gay Deceivers (1969) officially released India English? Two men mt pose as gay lovers to avoid gettg drafted.
50 YEARS LATER, THE FILM GAY DECEIVERS IS STILL VERY GAY, VERY BAD
The Gay Deceivers (1969) st and crew creds, cludg actors, actrs, directors, wrers and more. * the gay deceivers *
Danny Devl and his woman-chasg iend Ellt Crane ci to pose as homosexuals to avoid ductn to the Army. Sce Danny is nvced that he and Ellt mt appear to live together as homosexuals to nfirm the Army's judgment, they rent a one-bedroom apartment an area popular wh the gay set. Eventually, Ellt's married and unmarried girl iends, Danny's father, and even Karen herself bee nvced that the men are actually homosexual.
The last year of the 1960s also broke ground when me to film, wh a movie about a d gay iendship between a htler and a grifter (Midnight Cowboy) wng the Bt Picture Osr the followg year. When me to paradigm-shiftg films of 1969, The Gay Deceivers do not qualify.
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Centered on two bonehead straight guys (played by Kev Coughl and Larry Casey) who pretend to be gay to avoid the draft, The Gay Deceivers was a precursor to shows like Bosom Buddi and Three's Company and movi like Mrs. Doubtfire and I Now Prounounce You Chuck and the jok are broad and stupid, the puns obv (a character brgs a u basket to the tular ceivers), the women eher cluels, lechero, or ceful (but always sexy and ually half-naked), and the antigay slurs ubiquo, the movie has several fun flash of gay culture that mastream Ameri was not at all ed the ceivers rent an L.
The Gay Deceivers was homophobic, juvenile, and, somehow, ahead of s time. * the gay deceivers *
Apartment lord over by a swishy landlord named Mallm (Michael Greer), 's adorned wh homoerotic art that is still rigur Palm Sprgs and Provcetown. Gay men the film ll each other "she" whout a bat of the eye, drag is held up as an art form, and two men even dance together. In one scene, a gay man miserat to Casey's character of Ellt how straight people believe gays are animals and how unfair is that they are routely fired om their jobs.