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Reefer Madness
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tell Your Children, The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, Love Madness
1936 film directed by Louis J. Gasnier
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4.4High-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.
Released: 1938-06-1566 minDir: Louis J. GasnierDramaBudget: $100,000
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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
Themes
- drug dealer
- propaganda
- drug trafficking
- drug addiction
- opium
- exploitation
- hallucination
- hallucinogenic drug
- marijuana
- drugs
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Sex Madness
- Director
- Louis J. Gasnier
- Screenwriter
- Paul Franklin
- Cast member
- Walter McGrail
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Producer
- Dwain Esper
- Cinematographer
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Duration
- 65
- FilmAffinity ID
- 875695
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Reefer Madness (1936).jpg
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- Commons category
- Reefer Madness
- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- title
- Reefer Madness
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- film editor
- Carl Pierson
- distributed by
- Hulu
- copyright status
- public domain
- review score
- 39%
Sources (10)
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Gallery (5)
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