The Student Nurses

The Student Nurses

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R 1970 · 82 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama

Four female college students in Los Angeles, who live together and have nursing internships at the same hospital, have their lives complicated by love, sex, drugs and revolution.

Directed by Stephanie Rothman · Written by Don Spencer

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