Making of a Male Model

What makes this movie stand out (besides the sad fact that its young star would soon be gone) is that it viewed the cut-throat world of modeling from the perspective of a male rather than female model, showing that in this game there's equality: both sexes are used, exploited, taken advantage of, and made to feel like a commodity rather than a person.

The (much too soon to be) late Jon Eric Hexum does a great job as a young man who finds himself a modeling success almost overnight only to find it wasn't nearly as great as he thought it would be. Joan Collins, at the height of her "Dynasty" fame, was perfect for the role as the agency owner who becomes his lover (today she'd get arrested), then makes a sacrifice to save him from going down the wrong path. Jeff Conaway is also good as an aging model who tries to turn back the clock and gets caught by the hands of time.

Too bad someone can't go back in time and tell Jon not to play Russian Roulette!