1936 cult classic
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The 1936 Government movie that will totally scare the crap out of you! (Maybe if you were in 1930's)
A 1936 American exploitation film about drugs, revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana—from a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, conspiracy to murder, attempted rape, hallucinations, and descent into madness from marijuana addiction. The film was directed by Louis J. Gasnier and featured a cast of mainly little-known actors.
Originally financed by a church group under the title Tell Your Children, the film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use. It is notable for being one of the few times in Hollywood where the generation gap between the Lost Generation and the Greatest Generation is portrayed.
Soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film for distribution on the exploitation film circuit, exploiting vulgar interest while escaping censorship under the guise of moral guidance, beginning in 1938–1939 through the 1940's and 1950's. The film was "rediscovered" in the early 1970s and gained new life as an unintentional satire among advocates of cannabis policy reform. Critics have called it one of the worst films ever made.
Starring: Dorothy Short as Mary Lane, Kenneth Craig as Bill Harper, Lillian Miles as Blanche, Dave O'Brien as Ralph Wiley, Thelma White as Mae Coleman, Carleton Young as Jack Perry, Warren McCollum as Jimmy Lane, Pat Royale as Agnes, Josef Forte as Dr. Alfred Carroll, Harry Harvey Jr. as Junior Harper, Richard Alexander as Pete Daly, Pusher, Lester Dorr as Joe - Bartender, Edward LeSaint as The Judge, Forrest Taylor as Blanche's Lawyer,
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