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Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children
★ 4.4/10•1938•1h 6m•NR•Drama

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

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.

Arthur Hoerl · Screenplay

Louis J. Gasnier · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 6m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 15, 1938
Budget$100,000

Actors

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)

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

Juror (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

Phil Dunham

Phil Dunham

Juror (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

FBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

Frank LaRue

Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)

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