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        Tell Your Children
        4.2
        (108 votes)

        Tell Your Children

        1938
        Drama
        1 hr 6 min

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Louis J. Gasnier
        Screenplay
        Arthur Hoerl
        Tell Your Children

        Cast

        Full Cast
        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
        Richard Alexander
        Richard Alexander
        Pete Daley (uncredited)
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (15/06/1938)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $100,000
        Country
        Production company
        💊Drug dealer
        📣Propaganda
        💼Drug trafficking
        💊Drug addiction
        Opium
        ⛏️Exploitation
        😵‍💫Hallucination
        Hallucinogenic drug
        🌿Marijuana
        💉Drugs
        Psychotronic
        Baffled
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