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Director:
Writers:
Charles A. Browne (screenplay)
Elmer Clifton (story)
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Tagline:
Puff--Party--Tragedy! more
Plot:
A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends. full summary | add synopsis
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Boring and stupid more (10 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Luana Walters | ... | Joan Barry | |
| Arthur Gardner | ... | Art Brighton | |
| Fay McKenzie | ... | Linda Clayton | |
| Michael Owen | ... | Jack Howard | |
| Dorothy Short | ... | Marjorie 'Marge' Barry | |
| Dorothy Vaughan | ... | Mrs. Mary Barry | |
| Earl Dwire | ... | Henry 'Pop' Brady | |
| Fern Emmett | ... | Henrietta Frisbee | |
| Henry Roquemore | ... | Judge George Herbert | |
| Hudson Faucett | ... | Otto (as Hudson Faussett) | |
| Gay Sheridan | ... | Edith | |
| Edwin Johnson | ... | Charlie |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Marihuana (USA) (review title)
The Marijuana Menace (USA) (DVD title)
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80 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity System)
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Canada:14A (Ontario)
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The earlier title, "Marihuana" was changed to avoid confusion with the earlier, similar anti-drug pic Marihuana (1936/I). more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Art sits down next to Joan at the soda shop, the shadow of the camera is briefly visible on his back. more
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Edited into Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985) (V) more
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Another dumb drug expose film from the 1930s.
A group of bad kids try to make a good girl a drug addict like them, while an undercover reporter tries to help her. According to this film, marihuana addiction turns you into a psychotic murderer! All the "teenagers" look like they're in their 20s or 30s; the story is slim; the pace is slow; truly horrendous comic relief; the dialogue stupid and it contains the worst acting I've ever seen. Obviously made by people who knew NOTHING about the drug. Not bad enough to be funny--just BAD!!!!! Don't miss the scene where two people are driving and the very obvious back projection keeps changing! For a good/bad one see "Marihuana" or "Reefer Madness".