"I Changed My Sex!"

1953

1h 11m

4.7(162 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Timothy Farrell

Dr. Alton / Narrator

Bela Lugosi

Scientist

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)

Lyle Talbot

Inspector Warren

Dolores Fuller

Barbara

'Tommy' Haynes

Alan / Anne

Charlie Crafts

Johnny (as Charles Crafts)

Conrad Brooks

Banker / Reporter / Pickup Artist / Bearded Drag (as Connie Brooks)

Henry Bederski

Man with Hat and Receding Hairline (uncredited)

Carol Daugherty

Woman in Nightmare (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Written by: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Produced by: George Weiss

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