Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children (1938)

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

Drama

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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  • Release Date: 1938-06-15
  • Runtime: 1h 6min
  • Director: Louis J. Gasnier

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Dorothy Short

      Mary

    • Kenneth Craig

      Bill

    • Lillian Miles

      Blanche

    • Dave O'Brien

      Ralph

    • Thelma White

      Mae

    • Carleton Young

      Jack

    • Warren McCollum

      Jimmy

    • Patricia Royale

      Agnes

    • Joseph Forte

      Dr. Carroll

    • Harry Harvey Jr.

      Junior

    • Richard Alexander

      Pete Daley (uncredited)

    • Bob Burns

      Juror (uncredited)

    • Lester Dorr

      Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

    • Phil Dunham

      Juror (uncredited)

    • Edward Earle

      FBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)

    • Frank LaRue

      Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)

    • Edward LeSaint

      Judge (uncredited)

    • Mary MacLaren

      Mrs. Lane (uncredited)

    • Walter McGrail

      The Boss (uncredited)

    • Edmund Mortimer

      Henry Harper (uncredited)

    • Frank O'Connor

      Jury Foreman (uncredited)

    • William Royle

      Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

    • Marin Sais

      Mrs. Harper (uncredited)

    • Forrest Taylor

      Blanche's Lawyer (uncredited)

    • Dan Wolheim

      Pete Daley (uncredited)

    • James Ard

      Officer Chuckman (uncredited)

    • Nora Bush

      Juror (uncredited)

    • Jane Crowley

      Parent (uncredited)

    • Adabelle Driver

      Juror (uncredited)

    • Kay Garrett

      Parent (uncredited)

    • Eleanore Vogel

      Parent (uncredited)

    • Ted Wray

      Hot Fingers (uncredited)

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