Wild Weed (1949)

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writers:

Arthur Hoerl (story)
Richard H. Landau (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 June 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

How Bad Can a Good Girl Get...Without Losing Her Virtue and Self-Respect?

Plot:

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana. |

Plot Keywords:

Marijuana | Chorus Girl | Suicide | Paranoia | Narc

Cast

Alan Baxter	...	Markey
Lyle Talbot	...	Capt. Hayes
Lila Leeds	...	Anne Lester
Michael Whalen	...	Jonathan Treanor
Mary Ellen Popel	...	Rita
Robert Kent	...	Lt. Mason (as Douglas Blackley)
David Holt	...	Bob Lester
Don C. Harvey	...	Lt. Tyne (as Don Harvey)
David Gorcey	...	Ricky
Jack Elam	...	Henchman Raymond
Dick Cogan	...	Edmunds
Knox Manning	...	Narrator
Rudolf Friml Jr.	...	Piano Soloist (as Rudolph Friml Jr.)

Also Known As:

Marijuana, the Devil's Weed
She Shoulda Said 'No'! (USA) (alternative title)
The Devil's Weed

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1953) | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Roadshow Attractions

Trivia:

Debut of Jack Elam.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

Over-the-top marijuana educational film...

1st watched 2/19/2007 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Sherman Scott): Over-the-top marijuana educational film goes way beyond it's earlier predecessor's with an obvious bigger budget but having the same results. Please -- get a life people!! Stop making these silly movies and bust the offenders instead!! I absolutely hate these government funded opportunities to make bad movies. In this one, a dancer is turned onto the drug at a party as she's trying to get her brother thru college. She's promised lots more money from the seller and is enticed into his world where only heartbreak occurs instead. Her brother kills himself and she blames herself, and her reason for staying in the business is now more self-induced. She is eventually picked up by the cops with the rest of her friends, spends some time in jail where she freaks out but doesn't reveal the seller and his whereabouts. The rest of the movie I won't reveal in case you want to see it. There are some special effects thrown in on this movie but otherwise it's very similar to it's earlier exploitation movies about the horrors of the drug. Too bad the money to make this movie wasn't spent on something more useful, like rehab for users etc…