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The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay and transvestite former musician who has been institutionalized in an asylum due to mental illness. Inheriting the smalltown hotel formerly owned by his deceased father, he returns home intending to sell the hotel to real estate developer Oscar Kidd (Robert A. Silverman), but soon finds himself in the position of defending the rights of the hotel's staff against Kidd's renovation plans.
Tim Henry Jackie Burroughs Bob Warner Robert A. Silverman Les Barker Sean Sullivan Michael Lewis Jackie Crossland Marcia Diamond Russ Little Leonard Glenn Bob Vinci Enza Vinci Bill Williams Bill Vigars Robert Hannah Ken Camroux-Taylor Margaret Spore Charles Dowdell Larry Rabbits Kharim Ali Christopher McAdam
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