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IMDb rating 6.7
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Critic Godfrey Cheshire
rated 8

...it’s inevitably ironic that this film arrives in the era of #MeToo, for if Scotty has shined a valuable light into some of Hollywood’s dark corners, he’s left others languishing in guilty obscurity.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Richard Whittaker
rated 6

The gas station he ran at 5777 Hollywood Boulevard was Tinseltown's best-kept open secret, the town's biggest and most discreet gay brothel, and it was all Bowers' creation.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Cast & Crew

Matt Tyrnauer
Director
Edwin B. Willis
As Self (archive footage)
Orry-Kelly
As Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
As Self (archive footage)
Stephen Fry
As Self
Bette Davis
As Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
As Self (archive footage)

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Scotty Bowers: the unsung hero of Hollywood's golden age. His bestselling memoir revealed the secrets of his decades-long career as a sexual procurer to the stars. But who was the real Scotty Bowers? A deliciously scandalous portrait of a man who knew Hollywood's biggest secrets and whose life was as colorful as the stars he served.

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