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Tell Your Children
“Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!”
4.4 / 10• 1938• 1h 6m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dorothy Short
Mary
LeadKC
Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Thelma White
Mae
Carleton Young
Jack
WM
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
PR
Patricia Royale
Agnes
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louis J. Gasnier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tell Your Children is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
