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  • 1938
  • PG
  • Motion Picture Ventures
  • 1 h 6 m
  • 1938
  • PG
  • Motion Picture Ventures
  • 1 h 6 m

Summary Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

Directed By: Louis J. Gasnier

Written By: Lawrence Meade, Arthur Hoerl, Paul Franklin

  • 1938
  • PG
  • Motion Picture Ventures
  • 1 h 6 m
  • 1938
  • PG
  • Motion Picture Ventures
  • 1 h 6 m

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

Directed By: Louis J. Gasnier

Written By: Lawrence Meade, Arthur Hoerl, Paul Franklin

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80
Dec 6, 2017
At the least it will cause you to sit in a chair and laugh uncontrollably while twitching all over and moving your shoulders up and down in a rather creepy manner.
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80
Dec 6, 2017
One of the most absurdly earnest exercises in paranoia you'll ever have the good fortune to see.
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70
Dec 6, 2017
The original antimarijuana film, offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to savage lusts and women to unspeakable depravities, along with a little bit of dumb fun.
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50
Dec 6, 2017
All the performers either overact laughably or underact to the point of just standing in place and speaking lines in a monotone. Whether the film ever stopped anyone from smoking marijuana is doubtful, but it certainly turned out to be a greater success than its producers ever dreamed.
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
3.7
29% Positive
2 Ratings
14% Mixed
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
3.7
29% Positive
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14% Mixed
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57% Negative
4 Ratings

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Production Company George A. Hirliman Productions, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher
Release Date Jan 4, 1938
Duration 1 h 6 m
Rating PG
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Tagline SEE youthful marijuana victims - what actually happens!
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