Reefer Madness (1938)
Also known as Tell Your Children
1938 · Feature film · 68 min · dir. Louis J. Gasnier
Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
- Drama
- Crime
- exploitation film
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Louis J. Gasnier
- Writer
- Arthur Hoerl
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Cinematography
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Studio
- George A. Hirliman Productions
- Released
- 1938-06-15
- Running time
- 68 minutes
Cast & crew
Louis J. Gasnier Director
Lillian Miles
Dorothy Short
Richard Alexander
Lester Dorr
Frank O'Connor
Carleton Young
Bobby Burns
Walter McGrail
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · hilarious, but sadly it served its purpose · wilbrifar · 2006-04-12
Though people who understand how truly benign pot is can laugh at this film, the sad fact is that a large number of Americans still BELIEVE this stuff. The anti-pot campaign was perpetuated in large part by William Randolph Hearst, who used "the scourge of marijuana" as an excuse to implement social reforms aimed at marginalizing blacks and hispanics, who were perceived as being pot's primary dealers. The fact that America still spends millions making anti-pot tv commercials and fighting "the war on drugs" just goes to show how successful the thugs like Hearst really were. Oh, well. If you're…
★★★★★ · Dig it · postunder · 2006-06-20
funny and stupid flick. I'm sold on the acting. So silly, its like watching a cartoon. Great as an exploitation movie as well as a b movie.
★★★★★ · hilarious · x6o29x · 2008-11-30
i know a lot of haters are going to to yell at me but i think this needs to be said. this film is hilarious when smoking marijuana. so lol at this and all haters
★★★★★ · Never Question Authority? · RJClay · 2013-05-10
This flic, unlike any other, shows just how far alleged "AUTHORITY" will go to convince the unsophisticated, or ignorant to further lies designed to curb specific behavior. Just as with religion, and all so-called "beliefs" there is no fact or truth in the movie. This kind of nonsense is designed to CONTROL THE MASSES, albeit with lies. Belief in a supernatural, all-seeing "god" is exactly the same crap. "I don't like it, so you can't do it either." MY motto since being hit by Catholic Nuns when I asked questions they couldn't answer? "ALWAYS QUESTION AUTHORITY" Police departments are no…
★★★★★ · Worst movie ever made · sc117 · 2018-02-01
Saw this film on rifftrax laughing so hard💀
★★★★★ · Great title! · Psy-Fi · 2012-05-19
Great movie! 'Women Cry For It - Men Die For It!' Just as much fun to watch stoned or straight. Over the top and off the cliff, exploitation at it's finest! Bureau Official: Here is an example: A 15 year old lad apprehended in the act of staging a holdup - 15 years old and a marijuana addict. Here is a most tragic case. Dr.Carroll: Yes, I remember. Just a young boy... under the influence of drugs... who killed his entire family with an axe.
