Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story 42 years old

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.

Credits

Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story Cast

Name Character
Seka She was 27, now 70 years old as Herself
John Holmes He was 36, 43 years old when he died as Himself
Annette Haven She was 26, now 69 years old as Girl in Opening Credits Only (archive footage)
Jesie St. James She was 30, now 73 years old as Vickey Caruthers
Georgina Spelvin She was 45, now 88 years old as Alexandra
Candida Royalle She was 30, 64 years old when she died as Juanita (archive footage)
Bob Chinn He was 38, now 80 years old as Himself - Interviewee/Frankie (also archive footage) (uncredited)
Jennifer Richards as Shari (archive footage)
Linda Wong (adult movie actress) She was 29, 36 years old when she died as Jasmine (archive footage)
Laurie Smith (actress) as Herself - Brunette in Hammock

Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story Crew

Name Department
Jonathan Ross as Editor. He was 20 (now 63) years old Editing
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story poster
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (42 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, June 06, 1981
  • Runtime: 75 minutes