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Rabbit Test (1978)

Comic drag briefly

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Radical Sex Styles (1979)

Short; just porn, I think

Radio Stars (2006, South Korea)

Four punk rockers dress up, one as female

Radio Stars on Parade (1945)

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Rafoo Chakkar (1975, India)

Indian version of Some Like It Hot

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Ragazzi Fuori (1990, Italy)

Mery (Alessandro di Sanzo); the title means Flower Boys

Rage in Harlem, A (1991)

Transvestite runs strip club

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Rage in Placid Lake, The (2003, Australia)

Young boy dressed as girl by parents

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Ragged Princess (1916)

Female to male; also known as Alicia of the Orphans

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Raggedy Rawney, the (1989, UK)

Army deserter

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Raiders, the (1964)

Judi Meredith plays Calamity Jane in men's clothes

Rain City Confidential (1994)

Rainbow Island (1944)

A castaway sailor covers for native girl

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Rainha Diaba, A (1974, Brazil)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Drag fantasies

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Raising Cain (1992)

Disguise to escape police

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Raíz do Coração, A (2000, Portugal)

Drag Queens suffer at the hand of Lisbon politician

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Raja Babu (1994, India)

Disguise to get access to young women

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Raja Gopichand (1938, India)

Male soldier is transformed into a woman

Raja Harishchandra (1913, India)

First Indian film; actor plays male and female parts

Raja Hindustani (1996, India)

Camp man and butch woman are rich girl's servants

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Rakas lurjus (1955, Finland)

Nephew pretends to be niece to fool authorities

Rallarblod (1979, Norway)

Rampo (1994, Japan)

Transvestite in imdb keywords; aka The Mystery of Rampo

Ran (1985)

Shinnosuke Ikehata plays jester

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Range (2006)

Transgendered son of family

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Range Law (1931)

Old Frisco (Lafe McKee) gets disguised as a Mexican woman

Rapid Guy Movement (2003)

A drag queen is in the cast list

Rapunzel (2008, UK)

Man pretends to be female tennis player

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Rat Race (2001)

Several zany allusions

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Rata en la oscuridad, Una (1978, Mexico)

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Rattenkönig, der (2002, Germany)

Adolescent boys dress up

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Rauw op de jak: Laura is mijn vader (2004, Netherlands)

Transsexual in 15 min short; aka Unexpected Blow: Laura is My Father

Rave (2000)

Scott Torrence plays Amanda, a cross-dressing club kid

Raw Deal (1986)

Drag artistes at club

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Ready to Wear (1994, France)

Crossdressers at hotel buffet

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Real Gone Girls (1970)

See Man from O.R.G.Y.

Real Killers (1996)

Borderline transvestite family member; alternative title of Killers

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Real Men (1987)

Transssexual character played by Dyanne Thorne

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Real Movie (2004, France)

Features several "travesti" characters

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

Franklin Pangborn as effeminate man

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Rebecca's Daughters (1992, UK)

Dylan Thomas screenplay; cross-dressing to overthrow tyranny

Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)

From a still it looks as if Roscoe Arbuckle played Rebecca

Rebelde Way: la película (2004, Argentina)

Travesti in cast; alternative title of Erreway: 4 caminos

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Reckless Kelly (1993, Australia)

Supposed transgender actor on film set

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Reckless Rosie (1929)

Brief; Eddie Barry

Reckless + Wild (1999)

Drag queen character; aka of Desperate but not Serious

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Recto/Verso (1999, France)

Tyra Blush plays la Créture, a drag queen; the film is also known as les Caméléons

Red Blood (2004, Spain)

Bibi Andersen; English title of Rojo sangre

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Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1993, Hong Kong)

Woman takes over father's business and dresses like a man

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Red Fork Range (1931)

Crossdresser in cowboy film

Red Heat (1988)

Man pretends to be hospital nurse

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Red Lips, the (1971, Belgium)

Alusion only; aka of Rouge aux Lèvres

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Red Lipstick (1999)

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Red Ribbon Blues (1995)

Very brief drag queens in AIDS related film

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Red Spider (1988)

Slasher

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Red Surf (1990)

Transvestite in police cells

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Red Wind (1991)

Woman in therapy is being stalked by a man who is her alter ego

Red Without Blue (2007)

Follows a man's transition to female; documentary

Redness of the Lips, the (1971, Belgium)

Allusion only; aka of Rouge aux Lèvres

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Reflection of Fear, a (1973)

Reference only, to girl who was born as a boy

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Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Not transgender

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Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's "Mulan" (1998)

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Regimentstochter, die (1953, Austria)

Disguise to get past guard

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Reincarnation, the (1968, UK)

Switch; alternative title of the Curse of the Crimson Altar

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Religulous (2008)

Bill Maher documentary on religion; includes drag queen newsreel

Reluctant Gunfighter, the (1977, Thailand)

Police chief has an effeminate son

Remando al viento (1987)

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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories, Visual Lies (1994, UK)

Rendez-moi ma peau (1980)

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Rent (2004)

Transgender main character

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Rent-a-Cop (1988)

Transvestite in club

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Repligator (1996)

Scientific experiment turns people into alligators, or girls.

Repli-Kate (2000)

Lightweight film about cloned woman encouraged to be like a man

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Repo Man (1984)

Logan Carter plays gangster's wife

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Repossessed (1990)

Comedy possession and body swaps

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Rescue, the (1988)

Disguise to get past guards

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Resident Alien (1991)

Documentary; all about Quentin Crisp; includes Holly Woodlawn

Restless Souls (2002)

Possession briefly

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Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2003, South Korea)

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Return Engagement (1995)

Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

Female to male; Gertrude Michael

Return of the Dragon (1973, Hong Kong)

Effeminate man; and waitress possible played by male actor; aka of Way of the Dragon

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Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Two Russian agents steal Norse women's costumes to enter a high school rave party

Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Comic attack by man dressed for disguise

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Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1994)

Drag; alternative title of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Next Generation

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Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)

Fashion show interviewee is a man in drag

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Revelazioni di uno psichiatra sul mondo perverso del sesso (1973, Italy)

Prurient porn disguised as documentary

Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (1963, Japan)

Alternative title of An Actor's Revenge

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Revenge of an Actor (1935, Japan)

Female role played by male actor; aka An Actor's Revenge

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Revenge of the Dragon (1973, Hong Kong)

Effeminate man; and waitress possible played by male actor; aka of Way of the Dragon

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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Reverse genders at US college pageant

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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

Cross-dressing implied

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Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)

Drag queen appears briefly in court

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Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)

Not confirmed, but the drag queen character Lamar is in it

Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

Clouseau puts on female clothes when his own are stolen

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Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter (1991)

Larry Brown

Revenge of Ukeno-Jo, the (1963, Japan)

Female role played by male actor; aka An Actor's Revenge

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Revenge of Yuki-No-Jo, the (1963, Japan)

Female role played by male actor; aka An Actor's Revenge

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Reversals (2003, UK)

Role reversal to get work

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Revolution! A Red Comedy (1991)

Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997, Japan)

Anima; adolescent gender ambiguity in Japan

Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song (1987)

Rex regi rebellis (2003, Sweden)

Transvestite in 29 min short

Rhinoceros Eyes (2003)

Transvestite in imbd keywords

Rhythm and Weep (1946)

The Three Stooges

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Richard III (1911, UK)

Actresses play youths

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Richter zum Küssen, ein (1995, Austria)

Judge pretends to be mother to mislead authorities

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Ricochet (1991)

Not transgender

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Ride, The (2000, short)

Riders of the Santa Fe (1944)

Riders of the Storm (1986, UK/US)

Senator Mrs. Westinghouse (Nigel Pegram) has a secret.

Rien ne va plus (1979, France)

Jacques Villeret does drag routine; aka Out of Whack

Right Stuff, The (1986)

Doubtful

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Right to Remain Silent (1996)

Brief; arrestee at police station

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Rigoletto (various dates)

Female to male

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Ringer (1996)

Drag club artistes

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Ringmaster (1998)

Transvestite sex revelation on television

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Rink, the (1916)

Stout lady played by male actor

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Riot (1968)

Date! Drag queens in jail

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Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936)

Man pretends to be boxer's wife

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Risky Business (1983)

Transvestite prostitute

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Rita Ritter (1984, Germany)

Old lovers meet again, but one of them has changed sex

Rites of Passage (1992, Netherlands)

Female to male, short

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Ritz, the (1976)

Rita Monroe is mistaken for a transvestite

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Riu Bo Gao Eng (1998, Singapore)

Ernest Seah is female impersonator; alternative title of Qian bu gou yong

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Rivalen des Glücks - The Contenders (1993)

Zach Grenier plays transsexual

River Made to Drown In, a (1984)

Jeffrey Drew, Geoff Gann

Road, The (1991)

Old Lady played by male actor; aka of Dead Dudes in the House

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Road to Bali, the (1952)

Brief drag in dream

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Road to Hong Kong, the (1962)

Brief; April Ashley

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Road to Morocco, the (1942)

Bob Hope plays his aunt in imagination

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Road to Rio, the (1947)

Drag to escape pursuers

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Road to Singapore (1940)

Not Transgender; sarongs

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Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Not confirmed

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Robe d'été, une (1996, France)

Sea bather loses male clothes

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Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Men go to pageant in drag

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Robobo de la jojoya, El (1991, Spain)

Jewel thieves disguise themselves as female shop staff

Rock 'n Roll Nightmare (1987)

Yet another case of an evil spirit transforming into the good guy's girlfriend so as to seduce him.

Rock Pretty Baby (1956)

Boy models sister's dress

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Rock Star (2001)

Attractive girl turns out to be transsexual

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Rocky Horror Picture Show, the (1975)

Fun film; lots of drag

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Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (2000)

Unconfirmed

Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die (2002)

Roguish Stories (1973, Italy)

Aka Storie scellerate and Bawdy Tales

Rojo sangre (2004, Spain)

Bibi Andersen

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Rok Dábla (2002, Czech Republic)

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Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989)

Low budget sci-fi. Boy is dressed up as female, and offered as sacrifice to mutant.

Roman Candles (1966)

Divine in 30 mins short

Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The (1963)

Man wears woman's hat briefly

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Romance of a Million Dollars (1926)

Gaston Glass as Mme Volnova

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Romance of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (1954, Hong Kong)

Chinese fable; lovers are both men

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Romeo and Juliet (1996)

Mercutio dresses as a drag queen for party

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Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005)

Transsexual incidental character

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Ronda nocturna (2005, Argentina)

Buenos Aires transsexual hookers

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Rookies on Parade (1941)

William Wright, Horace MacMahon

Room to Rent (2000, UK)

Drag queen at club

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Rosalie (1937)

Female to male; Eleanor Powell

Rose, the (1979)

Extended scene in drag club

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Rose Bowl (1936)

Rose Marie (1954)

Girl dresses boyishly and is on parade with Mounties

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Rose of Blood, the (1917)

Bert Turner plays Princess Arbasoff

Rosebud (1974)

Not transgender

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Rosencrantz and Guldenstern are Dead (1990, UK)

Thespian crossdressing in Shakespearian era

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Rosenkavalier, Der (numerous versions)

Entire opera based on gender disguise

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Rouge aux Lèvres, la (1971, Belgium)

Allusion only

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Rough Draft (1997)

Journalist crossdresses to research clubs

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Rowdy Ann (1919)

Female to male

Rowing in the Wind [or Rowing with the Wind] (1987, Spain)

Alternative titles of Remando al viento

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Royal Tramp (1992, Hong Kong)

Thanks Ange

Royal Tramp II (1992, Hong Kong)

alternative title of Lu ding ji II: Zhi sheng long jiao

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Rozmowy kontrolowane (1991, Poland)

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Ruby (1977)

Possession movie

Run Fatboy Run (2008, UK)

Drag shoplifter

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Run of the House (1992)

A muscular black drag queen takes charge of a seriously dysfunctional family

Run Shadow Run (1970)

Alternate title of Cover Me Babe

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Runaway Heart (1990)

To escape from gangster; alternative title of The Secret Life of Archie's Wife

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Runaway Jane (2001)

Brief transvestite shot; and woman called Peter; alternative title of Jane Doe

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Running out of Luck (1987, UK)

Not sure this really qualifies; Mick Jagger musical

Running Out of Time (1999, Hong Kong)

Dressing to deceive crooks

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Rushin' Ballet (1937)

Children join girls ballet chorus to dodge bullies

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Russian Dolls (2005, France)

Man dresses as a forfeit for lesbian friend; aka Les poupées russes

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Rutles, All You Need Is Cash, the (1978, UK)

George Harrison character becomes air hostess afterwards very briefly

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Ryna (2005, Rumania)

Young woman treated as wished-for son

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