i have never see this movie before and so i tune in late last night on turner classic movie channel to watch it . tcm be do this gay or lesbian influence in hollywood film festival all this month on mon and wed night . i have always find rex harrison extremely sexy and handsome but this movie be not that rex harrison . cake in makeup and prancing and queen it up every chance he get just turn me off . richard burton wear a head wrap like gloria swanson be just so laughably stupid . harrison and burton play lover who have be together for 30 yr but you would never know it since all harrison do be crucify burton with mean and ugly insult and queenie bitching . burton simply wimps and whine like a little bitch too . with line like oh your horrid you bitch and you prancy little pony it no wonder this movie be pan by gay and lesbian alike . it be introduce on tcm by george osbourne and a gay writer who abhor it but call it a movie that should be see if just for the cast against type of it star . supposedly accord to the gay author and harrison and burton do it only for the huge paycheck of 1 million dollar a piece which by today standard would be the 20 million monster payday you see the big star get . also and harrison supposedly be disgust with some of his dialog and leave for italy only to come back when he be threaten with a lawsuit from the movie studio and burton also only stick around since his lover elizabeth taylor be film a movie close by at the time . this movie come out in 1969 which be around the time the stonewall riot in nyc be go on so who know what influence it have . the problem with this movie to me be the fact that hollywood always have gay men portray a effeminate queen or young twink type who do drag and even the intro to the movie be a 5 minute vignette of 2 god awful ugly drag queen sing the really bad title song . there be one scene though that i do like where harrison have go out and pick up a hustler for the night ( lord he must have be hard up and the blond man he take home be ugly and certainly not that young ) . anyway after humiliate burton in front of this man by drinking and laughing and harrison finally go too far and burton backhand him hard against a bookcase cause him to bleed . it be the only part of the movie where burton stick up for himself . in the end and harrison have to go to trial for a crime and he do not want burton to come with him since he think his old gay paunchy lover with a head wrap will cause him to get the book throw at him . so he leave their flat and head towards the couthouse and a he try to cross the street he realize that he can not do this alone and scream for burton who run to his side and hold him a they cross the street . i really want them to show some affection and maybe hug but the only scene for affection be when harrison admits he scar and fall into burton arm on the bed and burton lightly stroke his hair . this movie could have be good if they have handle it with more sensitivity and understanding instead what you get be nothing more than 2 old have be queen bitch fight . 1 out or 10 .