Film

Tell Your Children

1938 · 1h 6m · Drama

Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!

IMDb

3.7

Rotten Tomatoes

39%

Metacritic

70

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.

Dorothy Short

Mary

Kenneth Craig

Bill

Lillian Miles

Blanche

Dave O'Brien

Ralph

Thelma White

Mae

Carleton Young

Jack

Warren McCollum

Jimmy

Patricia Royale

Agnes

Joseph Forte

Dr. Carroll

Harry Harvey Jr.

Junior

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)

• Louis J. GasnierDirector
• Arthur HoerlScreenplay
• Samuel DiegeProducer
• George A. HirlimanProducer
• Jack GreenhalghDirector of Photography
• Hugo RiesenfeldOriginal Music Composer
• Carl PiersonEditor

Original Trailer

Release date

June 15, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 6m

Rated

NR

Budget

$100,000

Genres

Drama

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