Clean-cut small town teens Don and Nicky contract syphilis from two trashy diseased tramps while partying hearty in the big city. Don in turn persuades his girlfriend Betty to do the deed while parking in the woods and passes his syphilis onto her. Director Hark Harvey maintains a serious tone and elicits endearingly earnest (if pretty clunky) acting from the cast. The sincere script by Margaret Travis for the most part avoids campy melodrama, although there's still a priceless dialogue reference to having a sore "down there" and the sequence with Don fretting over telling his doctor that he inadvertently gave Betty a dose is nonetheless laughably overwrought. Fortunately, this short isn't anywhere near as hideously explicit as others in this genre, with only a few fairly gross pictures of nasty chancre sores. The groovy bebop jazz score hits the right-on spot. And remember folks, VD is nothing to clap about.
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
