The Body of a Man... The Feelings of a Woman

I Was A Man
Half-man, Half-woman
...Which way to go?

The Dark World of the Trans-sexual

A Barry Mahon Production

This 1967 film is also known as I Was A Man: The True Story of Ansa Kansas an Hermaphrodite. According to Chateau Vulgaria, the film was screened at the Finnish Film Archive in 2006, but I've yet to see a release on either video or DVD. (Trailers can be found on a few DVDs such as the Run Swinger Run! / Sex Club International Double Feature and Something Weird's Twisted Sex Vol 01 (which is what Chateau Vulgaria discusses in the link above).

Jackson Barrett Mahon, a.k.a. Barry Mahon, was a pilot. After WWII he became the personal pilot for Errol Flynn, then became the actor's manger -- and that's how he began in his career as a prolific film maker.

Having produced a number of Flynn and Gina Lollobrigida pictures, as well as a considerable output of children's programs, Mahon established The Production Machine, a high-tech film production company in Hollywood, making motion pictures for theatrical and television release. Mahon was the first movie producer to adapt and apply computer technology (as well spreadsheet applications, such as MultiPlan) to the breakdown, scheduling, budgeting and financial analysis of feature-length motion pictures and movies-of-the-week for Columbia Pictures.

According to producer/director James Jaeger, who knew Mahon well and worked with him, Mahon assured him that Errol Flynn was not gay in the least. He might have tried it once, but then Errol tried everything at least once.

The part played by Steve McQueen in the movie, The Great Escape (1963), was loosely based upon Barry Mahon.

Movie poster via Vanessa Is.