Gore Vidal's novel gets a campy translation in this controversial film. After his surgery in Europe, Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) returns to the United States as Myra (Raquel Welch), insisting that she is the widow of Myron. Before too long, she enrolls in an acting school and comes under the tutelage of Buck Loner (John Huston), and meets talent scout Leticia (Mae West). Though Vidal disassociated himself from the film, it garnered attention for its star-studded cast (Tom Selleck makes his first-ever onscreen appearance, and Farrah Fawcett plays a lesbian that falls for Myra) and unabashed embrace of its subject matter, which was considered very risque at the time.