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Glen or Glenda?

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Glen or Glenda? (1953)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:7

Rotten:15

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 79 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A police inspector is puzzled by the suicide of a transvestite, and goes to a psychiatrist to find out about the kind of man who prefers to dress in woman's clothing. The psychiatrist tells him... A police inspector is puzzled by the suicide of a transvestite, and goes to a psychiatrist to find out about the kind of man who prefers to dress in woman's clothing. The psychiatrist tells him about two of his patients, in particular Glen, a man who was engaged to be married but who couldn't bear to tell his fiancee of his unusual desires. [More]

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Daniel Davis, Dolores Fuller

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Daniel Davis, Dolores Fuller, Timothy Farrell, Tommy Haynes, Conrad Brooks

Director: Edward D. Wood

Director: Edward D. Wood
Screenwriter: Edward D. Wood
Producer: George David Weiss

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03/26/09
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not really a real movie

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04/24/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

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02/18/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

as insanely bad as this movie is, it retains perverse pleasures that serve it well as a cult icon

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03/09/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

The passage of time has not transformed Glen or Glenda? into a good movie; it has, however, revealed it to be a braver film than anyone had ever imagined.

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08/29/06
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This well-meaning disaster, rescued from the obscurity it surely craves, is without doubt a candidate for one of the worst films ever made.

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02/09/06
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No review available.

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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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07/08/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Even in the camp cult genres this is still dreadful.

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03/15/05
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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
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Funny to watch, but not as funny as you might remember.

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12/11/04
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

It isn't quite a camp classic, although it's dreadful enough to have a certain comic appeal. ''Glen or Glenda'' is also a film of great conviction in its way, and that tends to interfere with the fun.

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12/06/04
Janet Maslin
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11/04/04
Fr. Chris Carpenter
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Catholic Sun

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04/26/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Excellent movie to laugh at. Rent it and have a ball!

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08/12/03
Alex Sandell
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08/02/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

It baffles science and logic and rudimentary narrative skills, but it's fascinating.

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03/19/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An Ed Wood classic! Pull the string!

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09/09/02
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Terrible and inept, but, oh God, is it funny!

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08/22/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Just because Ed Wood's become a cultural icon, that doesn't make this movie any less hilariously inept.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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