''Test Tube Babies'', also known as ''Blessed Are They'' (American reissue title), ''Sins of Love'' (American reissue title) and ''The Pill'' (America reissue title, recut version), is a 1948 American

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directed by W. Merle Connell and produced by George Weiss. It is a narrative about

artificial insemination Artificial insemination is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female's cervix or uterine cavity for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. It is a fertility treatment ...

with scenes of nudity and sexual promiscuity included. One scene shows the male lead character's

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viewed through a

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Plot

A young married couple find themselves drifting apart. Wife Cathy Bennet (Dorothy Duke) finds temporary pleasure at swinging parties or in the arms of another man, Frank Grover (John Michael). Husband George Bennet (William Thomason) confronts his wife about the widening chasm between them; she tells him she feels they are somehow incomplete without children. She undergoes testing to see why she hasn't conceived. George, who has accompanied her, is asked to also undergo testing and is found to be the problem: he is

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. Physician Dr. Wright (Timothy Farrell) suggests artificial insemination using a sperm donor. This proves successful and the Bennetts begin a new and happy phase of their marriage.

Cast

*Dorothy Duke as Cathy Bennett *William Thomason as George Bennett *Timothy Farrell as Dr. Wright *John Michael as Frank Grover * Peggy Roach as Cathy's mother *Stacey Alexander as Don Williams *Georgie Barton as Betty Williams *Mary Lou Reckow as Dolores LaFleur *Bebe Berto as Jerry *Guy Gordon as Phil *Helen Cogan as Grace *Gine Franklin as Ralph *Zona Siggins as Nurse Mason

References

* * American black-and-white films 1948 drama films 1940s exploitation films 1948 films American drama films 1940s educational films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films American educational films American independent films American exploitation films English-language documentary films {{1940s-US-drama-film-stub

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