Tell Your Children
1938
Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
User Rating
Intensity
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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- Director
- Louis J. Gasnier
- Written by
- Arthur Hoerl
- Produced by
- George A. Hirliman, Samuel Diege
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Cinematographer
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Editor
- Carl Pierson
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- Dope Addict, Doped Youth, Love Madness
- TMDB
- 4.4/10 (134 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 39% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 70/100
- IMDb
- 3.7/10 (9,511 votes)
Cast
Dorothy Short
Mary
Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Thelma White
Mae
Carleton Young
Jack
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
Patricia Royale
Agnes
Joseph Forte
Dr. Carroll
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)
Frank LaRue
Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Judge (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Mrs. Lane (uncredited)
