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Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967)
The quintessential anti-drug "scare-tactic" film of all time
4 April 2002 - 22 out of 25 users found this review helpful.
The grainy 16-mm print only adds to the raw starkness of this powerful narrated educational film that was shown to schoolkids from 1967 through about 1970. Considered "dated" by contemporary standards, although some very graphic and disturbing scenes can still make one grimace even today. One especially stomach-turning scene of the young heroin addict played by Kevin Tighe rolling in withdrawal agony on a dirty bed in a squalid room. This extremely obscure movie, although dated, should still be shown in schools today, in this author's opinion. Four Stars.
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