The Christine Jorgensen Story

The Christine Jorgensen Story
The Christine Jorgensen Story film poster.
Directed byIrving Rapper
Written byRobert E. Kent
Ellis St Joseph
Based onChristine Jorgensen, a Personal Autobiography
Produced byEdward Small
StarringJohn Hansen
Joan Tompkins
Quinn K. Redeker
CinematographyJacques R. Marquette
Edited byR. A. Radecki
Music byPaul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 24, 1970 (1970-06-24)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetapprox $1 million
Box office$1.5 million (US/ Canada rentals)

The Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 American drama film and a fictionalized biographical film about trans woman Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are fictionalized for the continuity of the film. It was directed by Irving Rapper and based on Christine Jorgensen's autobiography.