Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981)

Documentary

It's hard, in the year 2001, to remember what porn was like in the 70s. In this decade when pornstars are on TV, date movie stars, and are on album covers, the secret world of men in raincoats attending sleazy theaters is hard to imagine. Now most people see porn on their cable or on video or DVD. Once upon a time, though, it was a big deal for a porn star to hit the mainstream, and John Holmes did just that. With a 14 inch endowment and not so good looks, Holmes made thousands of movies and slept with thousands of women. He became well known for his Johnny Wadd series, where he was an international man of mystery and hardcore sex. Eventually he got heavily into drugs, got involved in a brutal murder, and finally died of AIDS.

Updated May 23 2020

Releases:

US -

1981-06-06

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Keywords:

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Runtime: 75 mins Rating: 7.0

Cast

Bob Chinn

Himself - Interviewee/Frankie (also archive footage) (uncredited)

John Holmes

Himself

Jennifer Richards

Shari (archive footage)

Seka

Herself

Georgina Spelvin

Alexandra

Annette Haven

Girl in Opening Credits Only (archive footage)

Candida Royalle

Juanita (archive footage)

Jesie St. James

Vickey Caruthers