Glen or Glenda
“I Changed My Sex!”
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
20 people
Timothy Farrell
Dr. Alton / Narrator
Known for
Jail Bait
Charles Crafts
Johnny, Glen's friend
Bela Lugosi
Scientist
Known for
Dracula
White Zombie
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
Also in
Crossroads of Laredo
Take It Out in Trade
Lyle Talbot
Inspector Warren
Known for
Jail Bait
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Dolores Fuller
Barbara
Known for
Jail Bait
Bride of the Monster
'Tommy' Haynes
Alan / Anne
No other roles listed
Charlie Crafts
Johnny (as Charles Crafts)
Also in
I'll Sell My Shirt
The Immigrant
Conrad Brooks
Banker / Reporter / Pickup Artist / Bearded Drag (as Connie Brooks)
Known for
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Jail Bait
Henry Bederski
Man with Hat and Receding Hairline (uncredited)
Also in
Female Trouble
Hellborn
Carol Daugherty
Woman in Nightmare (uncredited)
'Captain' DeZita
The Devil / Glen's Father (uncredited)
Edward D. Wood Jr. Director · William C. Thompson Cinematographer Bud Schelling Editor
Worldwide gross $10K · Budget $20K · United States release April 1, 1953
Box office
Budget
$20,000
Worldwide gross
$10,158
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Screen Classics (II)
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Finland · April 1, 1953
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1953
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 2012
Digital · digitally restored colored stereo version
Argentina
February 25, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Sala Leopoldo Lugones - Bela Lugosi, Desde Las Tienieblas
France
November 21, 2004 · Limited theatrical · Chéries-Chéris, festival du film lesbien, gay, bi, trans, queer et ++++ de Paris
Italy
December 24, 1998 · Premiere
Sweden
April 1, 1953 · Theatrical
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