Tell Your Children (1938)
"Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!"
ThumbScore
👍 65%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 39%
(RT: 39%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Dorothy Short as Mary
Kenneth Craig as Bill
Lillian Miles as Blanche
Dave O'Brien as Ralph
Thelma White as Mae
Carleton Young as Jack
Warren McCollum as Jimmy
Patricia Royale as Agnes
Is Tell Your Children good?
It's divisive. 65% audience score, estimated from 141 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 39%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
