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The Love Epidemic
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The Love Epidemic

1975-01-03 · 83 min · ★ 3.5

Comedy · Documentary

This Australian educational documentary concerns venereal disease in the pre-AIDS era and reveals that it is a problem that should be taken seriously by everyone — whether young or old, gay or straight. Factual segments are interspersed with humorous skits depicting how people of varying degrees of innocence can contract awful but treatable diseases.

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Directors
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Production companies
Hexagon Productions
Countries
Australia
Status
Released
Budget
USD 25,000

Top Cast

Michael Laurence
Rosalind SpeirsRosalind Speirs
Peter ReynoldsPeter Reynolds
Grant PageGrant Page
Tim Lynch
John EwartJohn Ewart

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