Your grandfather's government made him watch this before D-Day. Yes, really.
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
Direction
Lubin somehow made VD lectures feel like noir B-movies.
Production
Military-medical industrial complex aesthetic before it had a name.
Director
Arthur Lubin
Jean Hersholt
Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps
Noah Beery Jr.
Bomber Ground Crew (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
Richard Fraser
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
Compton - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
Anne Gwynne
Nurse (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Griffith - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a massive WWII VD prevention campaign; over 4 million military personnel saw similar films. The government feared syphilis more than some enemy combatants.
Director Arthur Lubin later gave the world Francis the Talking Mule AND the 1960s Batman TV show. From venereal disease to 'POW! ZAP!'—what a career arc.
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