The Love Epidemic

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Love Epidemic

| image =

| caption =

| director = Brian Trenchard-Smith

| producer = Brian Trenchard-Smith

| writer = Brian Trenchard-Smith
Michael Laurence (comedy material)

| based_on =

| narrator = Derryck Barnes

| starring = Michael Laurence
Ros Spiers
Grant Page

| music =

| cinematography = Russell Boyd
Greg Hunter
Stuart Fist
Ross Blake

| editing = Ronda MacGregor

| studio = Hexagon Productions

| distributor = Roadshow Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1975|01|03|df=y}}

| runtime = 83 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget = A$33,000Richard Brennan, 'Brian Trenchard Smith', Cinema Papers, Dec-Jan 1979-80 p599

| gross = A$367,000 (Aust)[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf 'Australian Films At the Australian Box office' Film Victoria] accessed 28 Sept 2012

}}

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.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p284