El Diputado
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Sex and politics collide in this harrowing, hard-hitting tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray. Written by Jim Stark
A rising politician risks his career and his marriage when his homosexual desires are reawakened following a hospital visit. At first he's safe enough with one night stands with young rent boys chosen by a discreet hustler that he met in the hospital. But, when he falls for one of the boys he meets and starts bringing the young man into his family, the risks escalate. What he does not know is that the political opposition knows of his vice and have planted the boy.