Fortune and Men's Eyes Movie Review 1971

Exploitative and depressing film about life in a Canadian prison. A naive young man is sent to prison for marijuana possession and has to make a difficult choice--be regularly sodomized by a man who will protect him or be raped by everyone else. Based on the play by John Herbert.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gays, Sexual Abuse, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

John Herbert

Cast

Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman

Director

Harvey Hart

Producer

MGM, Lewis Allen, Lester Persky, Donald Ginsberg