Unseen & Epic: 49 Jaw-Dropping Pics of the Original Star Trek Cast That’ll Blow Your Mind From ’69 to ’79!
8. Gene Roddenberry’s risky detour
Director Roger Vadim, actor Rock Hudson and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry appear at a press event announcing Pretty Maids All in a Row, Roddenberry’s first feature film as screenwriter and producer. Released in 1971, the darkly comic high school murder mystery—starring Hudson as a sex-obsessed guidance counselor—was a radical departure from the hopeful, utopian tone of Star Trek. Though critically panned and commercially unsuccessful, it marked Roddenberry’s attempt to break out of the science fiction genre and redefine his Hollywood identity.
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