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Reefer Madness (1936)

Movie poster for Reefer Madness
Director
Louis J. Gasnier

Synopsis

  • Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

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  • The made-for-cable musical satire Reefer Madness is based on the award-winning play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the notorious -- and deliciously awful -- 1936 anti-marijuana film originally titled Tell Your Children. ...

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Top Movie Moments

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    OPENING SCENE

    Movie Moment

    What is this?

    01:02
    • "...must be stopped."
    • "You, and all the school-parent groups about the country, and you must stand united on this, can stamp out this frightful assassin of our youth."
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    Play Faster!

    00:54
    • "Play faster!"
    • "Faster. Play faster."
    • "-Hiya, kids! -Hello, Jack, whaddya say?"
    • "Yeah, come on in."
    • "Mae. Mae!"
    • "-What do you want? -Bring me some reefers."
    • "Faster."
    • "Faster!"
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    Drug lesson

    01:30
    • ""a field of marihuana was found behind a tenement cou."
    • ""The weed was here being cultivated,"
    • "-What do you want? -Bring me some reefers."
    • "They're going to hang him."
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    CLOSING SCENE

    Movie Moment

    What is this?

    01:03
    • "Your honor, the State waives trial of the defendant, Ralph Wiley and recommends that he be placed in an institution for the criminally insane for the rest of his natural life."
    • "The defendant's counsel joins the State in this request."

Reefer Madness Movie Trailer

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