Tell Your Children
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“Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!”
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.
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Dorothy Short
Mary
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Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
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Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Known for
The Devil Bat
Kiss Me Kate
Thelma White
Mae
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Carleton Young
Jack
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
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A Criminal Is Born
The Great Commandment
Patricia Royale
Agnes
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Timber War
Joseph Forte
Dr. Carroll
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Pals of the Saddle
Young at Heart
Harry Harvey Jr.
Junior
Known for
Forbidden Planet
Richard Alexander
Pete Daley (uncredited)
Known for
Modern Times
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bob Burns
Juror (uncredited)
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Sagebrush Trail
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Louis J. Gasnier Director · Arthur Hoerl Screenplay Lawrence Meade Story
Budget $100K · United States release June 15, 1938 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$100,000
Production
George A. Hirliman Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1936
Premiere
United States · June 15, 1938
Theatrical · Approximate date
United States · July 11, 1985
Physical · "Reefer Madness" Goodtimes Home Video #VGT-5112 [VHS] 67 minutes
United States
January 1, 1973 · Theatrical · Re-release
April 20, 2004 · Physical · Colorized DVD Edition
Australia
December 1, 1938 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 11, 2003 · Physical
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