Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children (1938)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1938-06-15
  • User Rating: 4.264/10 from 106 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 6min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: George A. Hirliman Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Louis J. Gasnier
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From 106 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Dorothy Short

    as Mary

  • Kenneth Craig

    as Bill

  • Lillian Miles

    as Blanche

  • Dave O'Brien

    as Ralph

  • Thelma White

    as Mae

  • Carleton Young

    as Jack

  • Warren McCollum

    as Jimmy

  • Patricia Royale

    as Agnes

  • Joseph Forte

    as Dr. Carroll

  • Harry Harvey Jr.

    as Junior

  • Richard Alexander

    as Pete Daley (uncredited)

  • Bob Burns

    as Juror (uncredited)

  • Lester Dorr

    as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

  • Phil Dunham

    as Juror (uncredited)

  • Edward Earle

    as FBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)

  • Frank LaRue

    as Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Edward LeSaint

    as Judge (uncredited)

  • Mary MacLaren

    as Mrs. Lane (uncredited)

  • Walter McGrail

    as The Boss (uncredited)

  • Edmund Mortimer

    as Henry Harper (uncredited)

  • Frank O'Connor

    as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

  • William Royle

    as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

  • Marin Sais

    as Mrs. Harper (uncredited)

  • Forrest Taylor

    as Blanche's Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Dan Wolheim

    as Pete Daley (uncredited)
Directing Louis J. Gasnier Director
Writing Lawrence Meade Original Story
Writing Arthur Hoerl Screenplay
Crew Paul Franklin Additional Dialogue
Production George A. Hirliman Producer
Production Samuel Diege Producer
Editing Carl Pierson Editor
Art Robert Priestley Art Direction
Crew Louis Diage Property Master
Sound Abe Meyer Music
Sound Hugo Riesenfeld Original Music Composer
Camera Jack Greenhalgh Director of Photography
Sound Hans Weeren Sound

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