Movie
Tell Your Children
Released: June 15, 1938 (1938)
Runtime: 66 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Joseph Forte as Dr. Carroll
Age at release: 47
- Carleton Young as Jack
Age at release: 32
- Lillian Miles as Blanche
Age at release: 30
- Thelma White as Mae
Age at release: 27
- Dave O'Brien as Ralph
Age at release: 26
- Kenneth Craig as Bill
Age at release: 23
- Dorothy Short as Mary
Age at release: 22
- Warren McCollum as Jimmy
Age at release: 19
- Harry Harvey Jr. as Junior
Age at release: 8
- Patricia Royale as Agnes
Age at release: Unknown
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- Edward LeSaint as Judge (uncredited)
Age at release: 67
- Edmund Mortimer as Henry Harper (uncredited)
Age at release: 63
- Nora Bush as Juror (uncredited)
Age at release: 62
- Adabelle Driver as Juror (uncredited)
Age at release: 62
- Frank LaRue as Bill's Lawyer (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Frank O'Connor as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
- Edward Earle as FBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
- Forrest Taylor as Blanche's Lawyer (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
- Bob Burns as Juror (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- Phil Dunham as Juror (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- William Royle as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- Walter McGrail as The Boss (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Jane Crowley as Parent (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Dan Wolheim as Pete Daley (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
- Marin Sais as Mrs. Harper (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Lester Dorr as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Kay Garrett as Parent (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Mary MacLaren as Mrs. Lane (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Richard Alexander as Pete Daley (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
- James Ard as Officer Chuckman (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown