if see now by young people who weren not old enough to have live during the viet nam war and this film will seem small and out date . but and when this film be release in 1969 at the peak of the war and this be not only a very funny film and but a sad reality of the society of the time . sad in the fact that some draft age male would make believe they be gay to avoid go to viet nam . make slightly before the gay liberation movement and this film give a surprisingly sensitive view of the gay lifestyle and gay community of this era . micheal greer give an academy award win performance ( he wasn not even nominate ) a the gay landlord and malcom dejohn while in one of the screen funny and yet sensitive performance . dejohn be best remember a queenie in the brutal prison film and fortune in men eye . the star of the show and kevin coughlin a danny and lawrence casey a elliot give fresh and intense and and emotional edged performance a men live with the fear of the war lurk over their shoulder . also wonderful support role by sebastian brook and veteran character actor jack starrett . the gay deceiver capture a time in american history that have be forget . yet and today headline have make this film worthwhile today . the gay deceiver be not deceive at all and i rate it a positive .