Beefcake

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Beefcake

1998

1h 31m

5.3(23 votes)

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Documentary

Overview

A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.

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113 members

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Daniel MacIvor

Bob Mizer

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Joshua Peace

Neil E. O'Hara

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Jack Griffin Mazeika

Red

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Carroll Godsman

Delia Mizer

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Jonathan Torrens

David

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Thomas Wayne Harris

Mizer's Attorney

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Jaime Robertson

Prosecuting Attorney

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Dick Sircom

Judge

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Thom Fitzgerald

LaFleur's Attorney

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Orest Ulan

Defence

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Glen Deveau

Soldier Just Off the Bus

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Andrew Miller

Tiny

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Marla McLean

Cabaret Singer

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Daniel McLaren

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Bernard Robichaud

Jukie

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Marc St. Onge

Drug Addict

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Steve MacLaughlin

LaFleur

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Andy Smith

Arthur Bob

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Michael Weir

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Marc Le Blanc

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Timothy Phillips

Bob Mizer (age 12)

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Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin

Neil's Brother

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Lucy Decoutere

Champ's Wife

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Renee Penney

Court Stenographer

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Joe Dacey

Attorney

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Megan Richards

Doris' Date

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Liz Anderson

Doris

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Art

Sarah Dunsworth

Blonde Kitten

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Kathy Pederson

Brunette Kitten

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Mark Burt

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Brian Breau

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Mitchell Landzaat

Arresting Officer

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Stephen Arnold

Newsstand Clerk

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Jane Kansas

Neil's Mother

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Wayne Bedwell

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Reuben Lee Aulos

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Larry Dunn

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Bobby Lawrance

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Dick Scholer

Satyr with Panpipes

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Brad Allen

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Gary Herman

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Ed James

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Ray Vallejo

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Bob Wilson

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David Stubbs

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Mitch Hadin

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David Jones

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Larry Cotrell

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Chuck

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Johnnie Dylan

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Ed McMahan

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Dave Gable

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Lester Frank

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Paul Jackson

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Eddie Stevens

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Larry Ahrendt

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Dave Connly

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Johnny Stacy

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Boris Demitroff

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Kenny Aloha

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John Menendez

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Lou La Venture

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John Stinson

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Lucky Rand

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Robert Akron

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Bob Kennedy

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Gerald Jones

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Terry Caldwell

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Jerry Silvey

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Lenny Schwartz

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John Manning

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Ron Thompson

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Skeeter Block

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Bob Sheahan

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Jim Wisdom

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Bob Glennon

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Mike Brooks

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Bob Jackson

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Dino Ferzanno

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Eddie O'Malley

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Casey Parker

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Billy

Billy the Goat

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Blackie Preston

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Jim Johnson

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David Mineric

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Guy Michols

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Don Brandon

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Larry Murdoch

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D'Arcy Poultney

Joe Mizer

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Tom Romard

Indignant Man

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Ann Marra Shaftel

Happy Reader

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Shaun D. Richardson

Chuck

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Jeffery Pocock

Ramon

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Raymond Kettless

Rudolph

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Phil Greyson

Goin' my way guy...

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Fernando Arias

Extra

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Dreux Ellis

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Darren Nauss

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Crew

Randy Boliver

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Luc Bouille

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Adam Cuvilier

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Anthony Helpard

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Valentine Hooven

Self

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Jack LaLanne

Self

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Jim Lassiter

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Joe Leitel

Self

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Dave Martin

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Bob Mizer

Self (archive footage)

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Wayne Stanley

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Russ Warner

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Joe Dallesandro

Self

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James MacSwain

Mr. Summers (Max of Hollywood)

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Buddy Love

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