''Forty Deuce'' is a 1982 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Paul Morrissey Paul Joseph Morrissey (February 23, 1938 – October 28, 2024) was an American film director, known for his early association with Andy Warhol. His most famous films include ''Flesh (1968 film), Flesh'' (1968), ''Trash (1970 film), Trash'' (197 ...

and starring

Orson Bean Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor and comedian. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small theater scene." He ...

. It was screened in the ''

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

'' section at the

1982 Cannes Film Festival The 35th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 26 May 1982. Italian opera and theatre director Giorgio Strehler served as jury president for the main competition. The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to '' Missing' ...

Cast

as Mr. Roper *

Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Bacon made his featu ...

as Ricky * Mark Keyloun as "Blow" * Tommy Citera as "Crank" *

Esai Morales Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films '' Bad Boys'' with Sean Penn and '' La Bamba'' with Lou Diamond Phillips. His television roles include the PBS 2002 drama series '' Americ ...

as Mitchell * Harris Laskaway as Augie (credited as Harris Laskawy) * John Ford Noonan as John Anthony (credited as John Noonan) *

Meade Roberts Meade Roberts (13 June 1930 in New York City – 10 February 1992 in New York City) was an American screenwriter who collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the screenplays for the films '' The Fugitive Kind'' (1960) and ''Summer and Smoke'' ...

as Old John * Yukio Yamamoto as Street Hustler * Rudy DeBellis as Toilet John * Steve Steinlauf as Man On Phone * Susan Blond as Escort

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* 1982 films 1982 LGBTQ-related films 1982 drama films American drama films American LGBTQ-related films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Paul Morrissey 1980s LGBTQ-related drama films 1980s American films English-language drama films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub