Reefer Madness
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (1938)
Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#10729
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Seen ItYes
096009000592
IMDB   3.7
1 hr 7 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Pat Royale Agnes
Dave "Tex" O'Brien Ralph
Dorothy Short Mary
Thelma White Mae
Carleton Young Jack Perry
Joe Forte Dr. Carroll
Kenneth Craig Bill
Lillian Miles Blanche
Harry Harvey, Jr. Junior
Warren McCollum Jimmy Lane
Dave O'Brien Ralph Wiley
Josef Forte
Jr. Harry Harvey
Warren McCullum
Dave O' Brien
Joseph Forte Dr. Carroll
Harry Harvey Jr. Junior
Patricia Royale Agnes
Director
Louis J. Gasnier
Louis Gasnier
Producer Dwain Esper
George A. Hirliman
Writer Arthur Hoerl
Paul Franklin


This unabashed propaganda film (also known by the title Tell Your Children , a dead giveaway) has become a cult classic of comically bad cinema due to its dated, alarmist views on the dangers of "marijuana addiction" and the exaggerated symptoms thereof. After the onscreen prologue that declares "Something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace," Reefer Madness launches into a case study of clean-cut WASP couple Bill ( Kenneth Craig ) and Mary ( Dorothy Short ), high schoolers who play tennis and drink tea on the back porch. Their friend Jimmy ( Warren McCollum ) introduces them to a pot dealer named Jack ( Carleton Young ), who invites Bill up to his den of inequity, where stoned ne'er-do-wells laugh fiendishly, dance, and play the piano. After one joint, Bill is hooked, and his life begins to plummet down the tubes — he starts flunking school and becomes a promiscuous regular in Jack's apartment. When a worried Mary tracks Bill down, she too is given a joint and begins giggling uncontrollably while being aggressively fondled by the bizarre addict Ralph ( Dave "Tex" O'Brien ). When Bill bursts out of the bedroom to tangle with Ralph, hallucinating and blacking out, Mary is accidentally shot. This prompts a string of guilt and calamitous occurrences, including several more deaths and courtroom sentences to mental institutions, all because of the devil weed. The film ends with the ominous warning, "The dread marijuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter...or yours ...or YOURS! " — Derek Armstrong
Edition Details
Distributor Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Chapters 10
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Interactive Menu
Scene Selector
Trivia Quiz
Biography