Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971) predates the HBO series OZ by several decades but it was nonetheless powerful.
It tells the story of Smitty, young man who enters prison for a six-month stretch and has to deal with the ins and outs of this rough world.
He becomes the victim of this prison life dichotomy and has to fight for survival.
I will be honest - I don't know that much about this movie. I do know that it was controversial for its time, particularly the following scene.
Despite the supposed "hotness" of the men involved, this is still a vile scene:
Past Know Your LGBT History postings:
Know your lgbt history - California Suite
Know your lgbt history - Taxi (Elaine's Strange Triangle)
Know your lgbt history - Come Back Charleston Blue
Know your lgbt history - James Bond goes gay
Know your lgbt history - Windows
Know your lgbt history - To Wong Foo and Priscilla
Know your lgbt history - Blazing Saddles
Know your lgbt history - Sanford and Son
Know your lgbt history - In Living Color
Know your lgbt history - Cleopatra Jones and her lesbian drug lords
Know your lgbt history - Norman, Is That You?
Know your lgbt history - The 'Exotic' Adrian Street
Know your lgbt history - The Choirboys
Know your lgbt history - Eddie Murphy
Know your lgbt history - The Killing of Sister George
Know your lgbt history - Hanna-Barbera cartoons pushes the 'gay agenda
'Know your lgbt history - Cruising
Know your lgbt history - Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones
Know your lgbt history - I Got Da Hook Up
Know your lgbt history - Fright Night
Know your lgbt history - Flowers of Evil
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