The Homosexuals

Mar 7, 1967

1h 0m

★ 1.0

Overview

On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality. Near the top of the program, host and interviewer Mike Wallace calls homosexuals “the most despised minority in the United States.” The hour that follows is filled with salacious location footage, sermonizing therapists, and shadowed interviews with distraught homosexuals.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

CBS News Productions

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Cast

Self - Correspondent

Mike Wallace

Self

William Baer

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Irving Bieber

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James Braxton Craven

Self

James Fisk

Self

Albert Goldman

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Franklin Kameny

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Wayne Kidwell

Self

Hal Kohl

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Jack Nichols

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Robert Bruce Pierce

Self

Charles Socarides

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