

Tell Your Children
1938 · Movie · 1h 6m · NR
Drama
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
3.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
39%
Metacritic
70/100
Key crew
- Louis J. GasnierDirector
- Arthur HoerlScreenplay
- Hugo RiesenfeldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dorothy ShortMary
- Kenneth CraigBill
- Lillian MilesBlanche
- Dave O'BrienRalph
- Thelma WhiteMae
- Carleton YoungJack
- Warren McCollumJimmy
- Patricia RoyaleAgnes
- Joseph ForteDr. Carroll
- Harry Harvey Jr.Junior
- Richard AlexanderPete Daley (uncredited)
- Bob BurnsJuror (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
drug dealerpropagandadrug traffickingdrug addictionopiumexploitationhallucinationhallucinogenic drugmarijuanadrugspsychotronicbaffled























