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Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

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Tell Your Children

"Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!"

1938

1h 6m

4.4(134 votes)

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Mary

Kenneth Craig

Bill

Lillian Miles

Lillian Miles

Blanche

Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

Ralph

Thelma White

Thelma White

Mae

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Jack

Warren McCollum

Jimmy

Patricia Royale

Agnes

Joseph Forte

Joseph Forte

Dr. Carroll

Harry Harvey Jr.

Junior

Creative team

Directed by: Louis J. Gasnier
Written by: Arthur Hoerl
Produced by: George A. Hirliman
Samuel Diege

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