Tell Your Children (1938)
"Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!"
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Dorothy Short
Mary
K
Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Thelma White
Mae
Carleton Young
Jack
W
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
P
Patricia Royale
Agnes
Joseph Forte
Dr. Carroll
H
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)
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