Originally produced in 1938 as a motion picture. Special features: scene access; interactive menus. Pat Royale, Dave "Tex" O'Brien, Dorothy Short, Warren McCollum, Lillian Miles, Carleton Young, Thelma White. Pat Royale, Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, Thelma White
Summary:
"The evils of marijuana addiction are 'chillingly detailed' in this cult classic, which is narrated by a high school principle who declares, "Something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace!" A case study of all-American high school kids Bill and Mary highlights the danger of marijuana use when the teens change from tennis-playing, iced tea-drinkers to fiendish, promiscuous, dope addicts after sampling one joint. Naturally, the marijuana users in the film play the piano, dance, and laugh uncontrollably - all surefire signs of 'devil weed' use. Bill hallucinates and faints one fateful evening as Mary is accidentally shot; then, more deaths occur before the inevitable mental institution scenes which serve to underscore the horrors of smoking reefer."
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