Reefer Madness (1939)
Tell Your Children
Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
66 min
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.
- Release date
- June 15, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $100,000
Trailer
Cast
- Dorothy Short as Mary
- Kenneth Craig as Bill
- Lillian Miles as Blanche
- Dave O'Brien as Ralph
- Thelma White as Mae
- Carleton Young as Jack
- Warren McCollum as Jimmy
- Patricia Royale as Agnes
- Joseph Forte as Dr. Carroll
- Harry Harvey Jr. as Junior
Crew
- Louis J. Gasnier · Director
- Lawrence Meade · Writer
- Arthur Hoerl · Writer
- Paul Franklin · Writer
- George A. Hirliman · Producer
- Abe Meyer · Composer
- Carl Pierson · Editor