A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.
Michael Whalen
- Jonathan Treanor
- (as Michael Whelan)
Robert Kent
- Lt. Mason
- (as Doug Blackley)
Don C. Harvey
- Lt. Tyne
- (as Don Harvey)
Rudolf Friml Jr.
- Piano Soloist
- (as Rudolph Friml Jr.)
Knox Manning
- Narrator
- (voice)
Baynes Barron
- Pothead
- (uncredited)
Henry Corden
- Hugo - Club Manager
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaLila Leeds was cast because she had been arrested in 1948 with Robert Mitchum for possession of marijuana.
- ConnectionsEdited into Governing Body (2023)
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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.
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.
- planktonrules
- Sep 24, 2007
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- The Devil's Weed
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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