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2.6/10   137 votes
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Writers:
Arthur Hoerl (story)
Richard H. Landau (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 June 1949 (USA) more
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Tagline:
How Bad Can a Good Girl Get...Without Losing Her Virtue and Self-Respect?
Plot:
A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana. | full synopsis
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At times, like an updated version of REEFER MADNESS more (8 total)

Cast

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Alan Baxter ... Markey

Lyle Talbot ... Capt. Hayes
Lila Leeds ... Anne Lester
Michael Whalen ... Jonathan Treanor
Mary Ellen Popel ... Rita
Robert Kent ... Lt. Mason (as Douglas Blackley)
David Holt ... Bob Lester
Don C. Harvey ... Lt. Tyne (as Don Harvey)
David Gorcey ... Ricky

Jack Elam ... Henchman Raymond
Dick Cogan ... Edmunds
Knox Manning ... Narrator
Rudolf Friml Jr. ... Piano Soloist (as Rudolph Friml Jr.)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Marijuana, the Devil's Weed
She Shoulda Said 'No'! (USA) (alternative title)
The Devil's Weed
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Runtime:
70 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Debut of Jack Elam. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
At times, like an updated version of REEFER MADNESS, 25 September 2007
2/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This film's structure, at least for the first half is very similar to the classic bad film, REEFER MADNESS. Both had preachy prologues and both showed wild pot parties where the guests behaved as if they were on LSD, not marijuana. While I think pot use is very stupid, I can't see how this film in any way could discourage it, as the way people act on this drug is so silly that any child would laugh at the ineptitude of the film and the central message would be lost.

Oddly, at about the middle of the film, the movie became much less silly in its portrayal of drug use and became a somewhat standard (though very poorly made) cop film. While this improved the film a bit, it was a case of just too little too late. The bottom line is that the film suffers from a horrible script and production values. About the only interesting things about it were how silly it all became and to see both a down-and-out Lyle Talbot as well as Jack Elam in his first film. It's all just a very silly mess.

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