The Truth About Alex

The Truth About Alex
Based on	Counterplay novel by Ann Snyder
Written by	Craig Storper
Directed by	Paul Shapiro
Starring	Scott Baio Peter Spence
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	John Brunton (for Insight Productions) Jane Startz, John Matoian (for Scholastic Productions) Martin Harbury
Running time	48 minutes
Production companies	Insight Productions Scholastic Productions
Original release
Release	1986

The Truth About Alex is a 1986 Canadian-American short television film based on the book Counterplay by Ann Snyder and starring Scott Baio as Brad and Peter Spence as Alex.

Plot

The Truth About Alex tells the story of Alex Prager, a high school student who is inadvertently outed as gay and the difficulty his best friend Brad has in coming to terms with it.

The film is a Canadian-American co-production, airing on Canadian television in 1986 and in the United States on HBO as a presentation of HBO Family Playhouse on February 9, 1987. The Truth About Alex received a 1987 Gemini Award for Best Short Drama and one for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series and was nominated for two additional awards. The film also received a CINE Golden Eagle Award.

Cast

• Scott Baio as Brad Stevens
• Peter Spence as Alex Prager
• Jessica Steen as Kay
• Ivan Beaulieu as Billy
• Tim Burd as Bartender
• Donald Burda as Robin
• J. Winston Carroll as Coach McAveely
• Barry Greene as Truck Driver
• Elva Mai Hoover as Mrs. Prager
• Polli Magaro as Marsha
• Peter Millard as Sheriff
• Jeremy Ratchford as Dutch
• Michael J. Reynolds as Major Stevens
• Kelly Rowan as Ellie Sanders
• Robin Ward as Mr. Prager

External links

• The Truth About Alex at the Internet Movie Database