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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Duration:

124 min | Canada:135 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Genres:

Documentary | Biography

IMDB rate:

Director:

Brigitte Berman

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: Canada

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $11,145 (USA) (1 August 2010)

Gross: $21,878 (USA) (8 August 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Larry Adler

Himself (archive footage)

Bobbie Arnstein

Herself (archive footage)

Joan Baez

Herself: Folk Singer / Activist (also archive footage)

Count Basie

Himself (archive footage)

Tony Bennett

Himself: Singer (also archive footage)

Pat Boone

Himself: Christian Activist, Singer

Reverend Malcolm Boyd

Himself: Author (also archive footage)

Ray Bradbury

Himself (archive footage)

Jim Brown

Himself: Social Activist / Retired NFL Player (also archive footage)

Susan Brownmiller

Herself: Feminist / Author (also archive footage)

Lenny Bruce

Himself (archive footage)

William F. Buckley

Himself (archive footage) (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

Vincent Bugliosi

Himself: Attorney / Author (as Vince Bugliosi)

James Caan

Himself

Dick Cavett

Himself: TV Talk Show Host (also archive footage)

Kimberley Conrad

Herself (archive footage)

Country Joe and the Fish

Themselves (archive footage)

Robert Culp

Himself: Actor (also archive footage)

Tony Curtis

Himself (also archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Himself (archive footage)

Dorothy Donegan

Herself (archive footage)

Bobby Doyle

Himself (archive footage)

Jerry Falwell

Himself (archive footage)

Daryl Farrington

Herself (archive footage)

The Gateway Singers

Themselves (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Himself (archive footage)

Linda Gordon

Herself: Feminist Writer / Professor

Dick Gregory

Himself: Comedian, Civil Rights Activist (also archive footage)

Alex Haley

Himself (archive footage)

Tim Hauser

Himself: Singer / Founder, 'The Manhattan Transfer'

Christie Hefner

Herself

Hugh M. Hefner

Himself (also archive footage) (as Hugh Hefner)

Keith Hefner

Himself

Hubert H. Humphrey

Himself: At Democratic National Convention (archive footage) (as Vice President Hubert Humphrey)

Jesse Jackson

Himself: Civil Rights Activist (as Rev. Jesse Jackson)

Burton Joseph

Himself: Civil Rights Lawyer / Chairman, Playboy Foundation (as Burt Joseph)

Charles Keating

Himself (archive footage)

Lambert Hendricks & Ross

Themselves (archive footage) (as Lambert Hendricks & Ross)

Lois Lee

Herself: Founder / President, 'Children of the Night' (as Dr. Lois Lee)

Nat Lehrman

Himself: Former Editor & Assoc. Publisher, Playboy Magazine

Max Lerner

Himself (archive footage)

Peggy Lord

Herself (archive footage)

George Lucas

Himself: Film Director / Producer

Bill Maher

Himself: Comedian / Talk Show Host

Jenny McCarthy

Herself

Vicki McCarty

Herself: Playmate 1979 / Writer (as Vicki McCarty Iovine)

Patti McGuire

Herself

Barry Melton

Himself: Activist / Co-Founder, 'Country Joe and the Fish'

Mary O'Connor

Herself: Executive Assistant to Hugh Hefner

Art Paul

Himself: Founding Art Director, Playboy Magazine

Janet Pilgrim

Herself (archive footage)

Dennis Prager

Himself: Talk Radio Host / Author

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage)

David Reuben

Himself (archive footage) (as Dr. David Reuben)

Buddy Rich

Himself (archive footage)

Richard Rosenzweig

Himself: Executive Vice President, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

Kathy Russell

Herself: Winner, Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award (archive footage)

Loretta Sanchez

Herself: Congresswoman

Pete Seeger

Himself: Folk Singer / Activist (also archive footage)

Eldon Sellers

Himself: Former Executive, Playboy Magazine

Gene Simmons

Himself

David Steinberg

Himself: Comedian / Writer

Dorothy Stratten

Herself (archive footage)

Shannon Tweed

Herself: Playmate of the Year 1982 / Actress

Gore Vidal

Himself (archive footage)

Mike Wallace

Himself: Journalist (also archive footage)

Ruth Westheimer

Herself: Sex Therapist (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)

Josh White

Himself (archive footage)

Gahan Wilson

Himself: Cartoonist

Ray Anthony

Himself (uncredited)

Louis Armstrong

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Warren Beatty

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barbi Benton