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The Love Epidemic

The Love Epidemic

Nobody is immune!!

Genres

ComedyDocumentary

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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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Budget

$25000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

3.7/10

Release Date

03 January 1975

Country

Australia

Cast

Michael Laurence

Michael Laurence

Rosalind Speirs

Rosalind Speirs

Peter Reynolds

Peter Reynolds

Grant Page

Grant Page

Tim Lynch

Tim Lynch

John Ewart

John Ewart

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