Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

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

Herself

Richard Anderson

Himself

N/A

Richard Dyer

Himself

Armistead Maupin

Himself

N/A

Leonard B. Stern

Himself

Yanou Collart

Herself

Sean O. Strub

Himself

N/A

Tom Santopietro

Himself

N/A

Stockton Briggle

Himself

Rona Barrett

Herself