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Summer of '63

Summer of '63

1963Short⏱️ 21m
ShortDrama
5.1
IMDB Rating
187 votes

In this social guidance short film, teens on the make spread syphilis among their friends.

Director
Sid Davis
Writers
N/A
Stars
Michael Bell, Dolores Faith, Mory Schoolhouse
Release Date
July 31, 1972
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 6
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Michael Bell
Michael Bell
as Dr. Monk Monahan
Dolores Faith
Dolores Faith
as Kathy
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Mory Schoolhouse
as Jim
Charlotte Stewart
Charlotte Stewart
as Judy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
8300 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Sidney Davis Productions

🏷️ Keywords

teenage sexualityvenereal diseasedoctorcasual sexpromiscuity

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Dull VD
by Michael_Elliott2009-05-02

"Summer of '63 (1972) ** (out of 4) Forgotten VD film has a group of male friends going into a bar where they pick up a few hookers and one of the friends, Jim, ends up with syphilis. Soon Jim ends up sleeping with his best friend's girl and then learns he has the disease but is too ashamed to tell them what he has done. This is pretty bland and gets pretty boring even though it only runs 21-minutes. There were countless shorts that dealt with sexually transmitted diseases and most of them are as boring as this one so the main reason to watch is the camp factor. There's a lit..."

💡 Did You Know?

The bulk of this short film consists of recycled footage from V.D. (1961); these scenes are depicted as flashbacks narrated by the original character Monk, who is now a doctor. The footage used in "Summer of '63" includes scenes and clips that had been omitted from the 1964 "Damaged Goods" theatrical release, including the "last one to Palm Desert buys the beer!" scene and a brief shot of Monk looking back at the police car chasing him.

📖 Synopsis

In this social guidance short film, teens on the make spread syphilis among their friends.