A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
Acting
Kinnear's unsettling, desperate charm as Crane.
Direction
Schrader's cold, clinical eye on human wreckage.
Cinematography
Seedy 70s browns that make skin crawl.
Director
Paul Schrader
Greg Kinnear
Bob Crane
Willem Dafoe
John Carpenter
Rita Wilson
Anne Crane
Maria Bello
Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane
Ron Leibman
Lenny
Kurt Fuller
Werner Klemperer
Ed Begley Jr.
Mel Rosen
Michael E. Rodgers
Richard Dawson
Michael McKean
Video Executive
Christopher Neiman
Robert Clary
Bruce Solomon
Edward H. Feldman
Lyle Kanouse
John Banner
DonnaMarie Recco
Melissa / Mistress Victoria
Cheryl Lynn Bowers
Cynthia Lynn
Don McManus
Priest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual sex tapes were destroyed by Crane's son Scotty, who consulted on the film — Kinnear never viewed them.
Schrader called this his 'most Protestant film' — all repression, no redemption, no transcendence.
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