Saturday Night at the Baths

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1975

1h 26m

Comedy

Drama

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50%

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6 Reviews

30%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A straight piano player must re-examine his attitude toward homosexuals after taking a job at the Continental Baths, one of New York's most notorious gay hangouts.

Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Mar 12, 2025

"Saturday Night at the Baths" is no great offering of storytelling, but it does have a distinct fingerprint when it comes to detailing a moment in history, capturing the jubilance of performance and the thrill of living free.

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

May 9, 2023

Only a short step up from amateur work.

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Steven K. Blevins

Gay Community News (Boston)

Aug 30, 2022

Saturday Night at the Baths is an entertaining, sometimes touching vignette, but is far from being a landmark film for gay people.

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Mitch Morrill

Los Angeles Free Press

Nov 23, 2019

A weak ending to an otherwise average film.

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Sep 8, 2006

2.5/5

A curio, not a lost classic, although it deserves attention for its progressive advocacy of gay rights.

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

May 20, 2006

2.5/5

it's troubling to watch this film and wonder how many of the young people who appear in it were dead less than ten years after it was made.

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Sep 2, 2010

this movie is a must-see. It deals with coming with terms with your true self, and accepting gay people. It was well cast and written and directed. Though in reality bathhouses are scummy, this movie made them seem less scummy, if that's even possible, but in this case it is!

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Don Scotti

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Steve Ostrow

Steve

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Synopsis

A straight piano player must re-examine his attitude toward homosexuals after taking a job at the Continental Baths, one of New York's most notorious gay hangouts.

Director: David Buckley
Producer: David Buckley, Steve Ostrow
Screenwriter: David Buckley, Franklin Khedouri
Production Co: B.T.O. Films
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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