Tell Your Children (1938)

4.4/10 • 66 min • Drama

Overview

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

Dorothy Short

Mary

Lillian Miles

Blanche

Dave O'Brien

Ralph

Thelma White

Mae

Carleton Young

Jack

Joseph Forte

Dr. Carroll

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)

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