Directed by:
Louis J. GasnierScreenplay:
Arthur HoerlCinematography:
Jack GreenhalghCast:
Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Dave O'Brien, Carleton Young, Joseph Forte, Harry Harvey Jr., Richard Alexander, Lester Dorr, Edward Earle, Frank LaRue (more)VOD (2)
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This unintentionally hilarious Depression Era propaganda film has become a cult classic for its outrageous claims about the effects of marijuana, as told by a concerned school principal (Joseph Forte) to a PTA meeting. Dorothy Short, David O'Brien and Kenneth Craig costar in this film also known as "Tell Your Children." (Showtime)
(more)Cast
![Dorothy Short](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505265_e80fc4.jpg)
Dorothy Short
USA
Best movies:
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Kenneth Craig
Best movies:
Reefer Madness (1936)
![Dave O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/358/161358823_1eb15a.jpg)
Dave O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Footlight Parade (1933)
![Carleton Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505372_4f1ff2.jpg)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Joseph Forte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805906_0a854a.jpg)
Joseph Forte
UK
Best movies:
Call Northside 777 (1948)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Harry Harvey Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Edward Earle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469264_e21130.jpg)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Frank LaRue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922941_b8c4a7.jpg)
Frank LaRue
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
The More the Merrier (1943)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Forrest Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Winchester '73 (1950)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Frank O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Edmund Mortimer
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Bob Burns
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
The Plainsman (1936)
![Edward LeSaint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232017_b9d74f.jpg)
Edward LeSaint
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Walter McGrail](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011755_031adf.jpg)
Walter McGrail
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Mary MacLaren
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Midnight (1939)
To Each His Own (1946)
Phil Dunham
UK
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Undercurrent (1946)
![Marin Sais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/878/160878267_bdb304.jpg)
Marin Sais
USA
Best movies:
Reefer Madness (1936)