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Tell Your Children (1938)

Tell Your Children (1938)

Drama

Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!

Release Date: 1938, June 15
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier
Countries: United States of America
Production: George A. Hirliman Productions
Cast: Lester Dorr, Frank O'Connor, Edward Earle, Phil Dunham, Richard Alexander, Harry Harvey Jr., Carleton Young, Edward LeSaint, Eleanore Vogel, Bob Burns, Nora Bush, Forrest Taylor

Overview:

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.

Keywords:

baffled drugs hallucination propaganda drug addiction drug dealer drug trafficking opium marijuana hallucinogenic drug exploitation psychotronic