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A Test for Love

A Test for Love

Part of The Joy of Sex Education

1937•28m•6.0/10
Drama

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6.0/10(4)

In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.

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Gaumont-British Instructional

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EN

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