Tell Your Children (1938)
Tell Your Children (1938)
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Cast & Crew.
Dorothy Short
Mary
Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Thelma White
Mae
Carleton Young
Jack
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
Patricia Royale
Agnes
Joseph Forte
Dr. Carroll
Harry Harvey Jr.
Junior
Richard Alexander
Pete Daley (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Juror (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Juror (uncredited)
Edward Earle
FBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)
Frank LaRue
Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Judge (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Mrs. Lane (uncredited)
Walter McGrail
The Boss (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Henry Harper (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
William Royle
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Marin Sais
Mrs. Harper (uncredited)
Forrest Taylor
Blanche's Lawyer (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 15, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 6m
Budget$100,000
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This Movie Is About.
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Reefer Madness (originally made as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film about drugs,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 β upon trying it, they become addicted, eventually leading them to become involved in various crimes such as a hit and run accident, manslaughter, murder, conspiracy to murder and attempted rape. While all this is happening, they suffer hallucinations, descend into insanity, associate with organized crime and (in one character's case) commit suicide. 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. 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 1938β1939 through the 1940s and 1950s.
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, and it has gained a cult following within cannabis culture. Today, it is in the public domain in the United States.