Glen or Glenda

About Glen or Glenda

Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Glen or Glenda is a 1953 drama film directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.. The film is filed under campy, psychiatrist, semi autobiographical, and docudrama.

Timothy Farrell takes the lead as Dr. Alton, Bela Lugosi as Scientist, Edward D. Wood Jr. as Glen, and Lyle Talbot as Inspector Warren. It runs 71 minutes and was released in April 1953.

The screenplay is by Edward D. Wood Jr.. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Brew in the United States.

Queer, Breakfast on Pluto, and Against the Law make useful companions to Glen or Glenda, all filed under 1950s, LGBT, and surrealism. TMDB voters put it at 4.7 out of 10 across 163 votes.