| The Love Epidemic | |
| Director: | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Producer: | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Narrator: | Derryck Barnes |
| Starring: | Michael Laurence Ros Spiers Grant Page |
| Cinematography: | Russell Boyd Greg Hunter Stuart Fist Ross Blake |
| Editing: | Ronda MacGregor |
| Studio: | Hexagon Productions |
| Distributor: | Roadshow Film Distributors |
| Runtime: | 83 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | A$33,000[1] |
| Gross: | A$367,000 (Aust)[2] |
The Love Epidemic is a 1975 Australian semi-documentary about venereal disease directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It incorporates clinical case studies and sex health instruction with comedy sketches.
It was shot on 16mm for $33,000 and blown up to 35mm for theatrical release.[3]
In January 1975 two members of the cast, Luda Apinys and Ken Doyle, sought an injunction to have the film withdrawn on the grounds that it was a pornographic film and they had only agreed to make an educational one. Their attempt was unsuccessful.[3]
The movie was rated "R".[4] According to Trenchard-Smith the film "did okay... getting its money back and making a small profit."[1]