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Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress.
Top billed cast
- Boyce BrownJohn Lloyd
- Marjory MorrisLiza Crawford Lloyd
- W.O. JarrettJeremiah Crawford
- Mrs. W.O. JarrettMa Crawford
- Paula HaygoodNell, the Waitress
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