Step back into the 1930s with this digitally colorized version of the cult classic "Reefer Madness" (1936). Originally released as an anti-marijuana propaganda film, this dramatic and exaggerated portrayal of cannabis use has since become a historical curiosity and a symbol of misinformation. Now restored in full color, this version offers a vivid look at one of the most controversial films of its time.
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00:09:06Oh, greetings.
00:09:17Well, hello, Father. How are you?
00:09:18Fine. How are you? Come here. Come here.
00:09:21Well, please.
00:09:25Is her name?
00:09:26She'll be right in. Just sit down and make yourself comfortable.
00:09:31Hey, what kind of a joint is this, Eddie?
00:09:33Oh, it's all right, Gwen.
00:09:34See, they probably had a party last night.
00:09:36Oh.
00:09:41A couple of your customers, May.
00:09:43Yeah?
00:09:44They're old enough to know what they're doing.
00:09:47Not like those young kids you bring up here.
00:09:49All right, all right.
00:09:51Listen, I'm going to blow.
00:09:52Where are you going?
00:09:54I've got to make some deliveries, and I'll probably drop by Joe's place and bring back a couple of the kids.
00:09:58Oh, I wish you'd lay off those kids.
00:10:00Oh, why don't you get over there, complex?
00:10:03Oh, why don't you get over there, complex?
00:10:43Oh, by the way, Ralph, I'm sort of getting a little party Saturday afternoon over at my grandmother's.
00:10:48You know, the place of the swimming pool?
00:10:50Like to come?
00:10:51Thanks, Teddy.
00:10:52Maybe I will.
00:10:52I'd sure like to have you.
00:10:53Okay, I'll probably drop over.
00:10:55So long, Ralph.
00:10:56See you later.
00:10:58Hey, Ralph.
00:11:00Hi, kid.
00:11:01Fine, Jack.
00:11:01And you?
00:11:02Oh, great.
00:11:02Where are you heading?
00:11:03Oh.
00:11:06Hey, how do you like that?
00:11:14That's the one I was telling you about.
00:11:16Very nice.
00:11:20I don't know why you want to make such a fuss over that Ralph Wiley.
00:11:23Oh, he's a swell swimmer.
00:11:25He made the freshman team that year he went to college.
00:11:27Yeah, and that lets him out.
00:11:28My dad knows his family.
00:11:30None of them are any good.
00:11:31Father and mother just got a divorce from Paris.
00:11:33Yeah?
00:11:34You know, Ralph runs around pretty much in his own.
00:11:36He's been in a couple of jams.
00:11:38Well, I only kind of say hello to him.
00:11:40I don't go around with him.
00:11:41Well, you better not.
00:11:42He's a little too old for us.
00:11:43That's what my dad said.
00:11:47Hello, Mary.
00:11:48How are you, Bill?
00:11:49How are you, Ralph?
00:11:50Oh, hello, Ralph.
00:11:51You know my brother Jimmy, don't you?
00:11:53How are you?
00:11:53Well, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine, Jack Perry.
00:11:56Mary, Bill, how are you?
00:11:57How do you do?
00:11:58Glad to know you.
00:12:00We're going over to Joe's place.
00:12:01Why don't you come along?
00:12:02We have a date to play, a set of doubles.
00:12:04Oh, you can play any time.
00:12:05Come on, we'll have some laughs.
00:12:06Oh, we can today, Ralph.
00:12:08Some other time.
00:12:09Can I go along with you?
00:12:10Sure.
00:12:10Hey, I'll see you at dinner, sis.
00:12:15Don't be late, Jimmy.
00:12:16I won't.
00:12:17Come on, Jimmy.
00:12:27Come on, Jimmy.
00:12:31Come on, Jimmy.
00:12:35Hey, he ain't no paper man.
00:12:51Why don't you know him?
00:12:52That hot finger's pretty.
00:12:53Boy, he really swings out and out with a mess of chimes.
00:12:55Do you want to dance?
00:12:56Do I?
00:12:57May's expecting us at the apartment a little later.
00:13:19Any new prospects?
00:13:21Maybe.
00:13:27Any new prospects?
00:13:30Oh, y'all.
00:13:38Why do you want to dance?
00:13:46I don't know.
00:13:48I don't know.
00:13:56Oh, Jimmy, you're wonderful!
00:14:18You're just finding that out.
00:14:26Why can't we go now?
00:14:30Hey, kids, we're having a little party up in my girlfriend's apartment.
00:14:33Wouldn't you like to come?
00:14:34Oh, I'd love to.
00:14:35You want to come, don't you, Jenny?
00:14:37Oh, sure.
00:14:38Any place with you.
00:14:39Well, come along.
00:14:40We can all go in my car.
00:14:47See you later, y'all.
00:14:56It's sweet of you to help me, Bill.
00:15:05Well, I'll try anything except domestic science.
00:15:07Why, Bill, don't you want to learn something about running your own home?
00:15:11The answer is no.
00:15:13You know, after that session we had yesterday, I went home and told Mother that the trouble with her pot roast gravy was she hadn't added three heaping teaspoonfuls of olive oil.
00:15:23What did she say?
00:15:24She didn't say anything.
00:15:25She just threw me out of the kitchen.
00:15:27Oh, I don't wonder.
00:15:28Hello, children.
00:15:29Hello, Mother.
00:15:30Hello, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:31That was sweet of you, Mother.
00:15:34Gosh, hot chocolate.
00:15:36Thanks, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:37I know you can't study on empty stomachs.
00:15:39Now then, enjoy yourselves.
00:15:41He will.
00:15:42She will, too, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:44May I?
00:15:45Oh, thank you, kind sir.
00:15:47You're so very, very kind.
00:15:50Mary, before we do that math, how about reading some of this?
00:15:55It's swell.
00:15:56Romeo and Juliet.
00:15:57Don't you like it?
00:15:58Uh-huh.
00:15:59You know, when I study this, I kind of think of you.
00:16:02I just sort of feel as though you're there beside me.
00:16:07Well, listen.
00:16:09It is my soul that calls upon thy name.
00:16:15How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night.
00:16:20Like softest music to attending ears.
00:16:25Romeo.
00:16:26My dear.
00:16:28What old clock tomorrow shall I send to thee?
00:16:31By the hour of nine.
00:16:33I will not fail.
00:16:35Just twenty years till then.
00:16:43Uh-oh.
00:16:44Well, uh, I'll see you tonight, Mary.
00:16:46Bye, Mrs. Lane.
00:16:47Goodbye.
00:16:48Goodbye, Phil.
00:16:49Oh, so long.
00:16:50Gosh, I...
00:16:51Oh!
00:16:52Oh, Phil!
00:16:56Oh, I guess I'm all right.
00:16:58Well, bye.
00:16:59Bye!
00:17:00Hey, Daddy!
00:17:02Oh, June.
00:17:03Hey, Dad, you got anything for me?
00:17:06Well, there should be...
00:17:07Don't bother your father every night.
00:17:09Uh, have you?
00:17:10There you are.
00:17:11What made you feel late, Bill?
00:17:12I was getting worried.
00:17:13Oh, I had to study, Ma.
00:17:14He was not.
00:17:15I saw him out walking with his girl.
00:17:16Bill's got a girl.
00:17:17He's got a girl.
00:17:18He's got a girl.
00:17:19Mom, make him cut it out.
00:17:20Junior.
00:17:21Well, Bill has got a girl.
00:17:22He's got a girl.
00:17:23He's got a girl.
00:17:24He's got a girl.
00:17:25He's got a girl.
00:17:26He's got a girl.
00:17:27He's got a girl.
00:17:28Come on, make him cut it out.
00:17:29Junior.
00:17:30Junior.
00:17:31Well, Bill has got a girl.
00:17:33Quiet.
00:17:34And put that candy away until after dinner.
00:17:36Henry, you shouldn't have given it to him.
00:17:38Well, he has got a girlfriend, and her name is Mary.
00:17:41Yeah, I'll shut you up.
00:17:44Bill!
00:17:45Junior!
00:17:46Put that carry on.
00:17:47Junior!
00:17:48Oh, that's a good number of them.
00:17:49They're all right there, young.
00:17:51Mary's a little hand.
00:17:52Mary's a little hand.
00:17:53I didn't mean to Bill Ernst, I didn't.
00:17:55Oh, well, what I'm burnt up about is that you didn't say Bill had a swell girl.
00:17:59Gee.
00:18:00It must be love.
00:18:01She'd have to be swell for you to like her.
00:18:02Uh-huh.
00:18:03Sounds like you want something.
00:18:04Come on, what is it?
00:18:05Well, it's my model airplane.
00:18:06It won't work.
00:18:07Gosh, Bill, you could fix it.
00:18:08You can fix anything.
00:18:09Okay, I'll fix it.
00:18:10Hey, Dad, read me before you get me, will you?
00:18:11Yes.
00:18:12Here we are.
00:18:13You see...
00:18:14Oh, hello, Jimmy.
00:18:15Mary told me to wait and tell her she had to go home.
00:18:16Her mother wanted her to go to the dressmaker with her.
00:18:17Oh, thanks, Jimmy.
00:18:18You must be getting grown up.
00:18:19I see Mary lets you have the car.
00:18:20Yeah.
00:18:21Yeah.
00:18:22That's it.
00:18:23Good evening morning, Jimmy, will you?
00:18:25Yes. Here we are.
00:18:31Oh, hello. Jimmy.
00:18:34Mary told me to wait and tell her she had to go home.
00:18:36Her mother wanted her to go to the dressmaker with her.
00:18:38Oh, thanks, Jimmy. You must be getting grown up.
00:18:41I see Mary let you have the car.
00:18:43Yeah. Did I take you any place?
00:18:45Well, I wasn't going any place in particular.
00:18:47Well, then how about driving me over to the show's place with me?
00:18:51I'll buy you soda.
00:18:52I never drink that stuff.
00:18:54Well, gee, I'll buy you something else.
00:18:56Okay. You're on the hook for one rude beer.
00:18:59Well.
00:19:12Hi, Bill. Hi, Jimmy.
00:19:13Hello. Where'd you have?
00:19:14Hey, Jimmy.
00:19:17Hello, Jimmy. Hello, Bill. Come on. Flight in.
00:19:19Hello, Blanche.
00:19:20Hello, Ralph. How are you?
00:19:21How are you, Blanche? How have you been, Ralph?
00:19:23Well, two sodas.
00:19:24No, I mean one soda and one rude beer.
00:19:26How's May?
00:19:27Oh, she's fine.
00:19:28We're going up to her apartment a little later.
00:19:30Couldn't Bill come along?
00:19:31Mm-hmm.
00:19:32Oh, come on along.
00:19:33Bill, you'll get a kick out of it.
00:19:34The thing's just the same.
00:19:35Oh, come on, Bill.
00:19:37Mary won't be jealous.
00:19:38Well, sure.
00:19:39A lot of the kids will be there. It's keen.
00:19:41Well, I don't know. I really shouldn't have.
00:19:43Well...
00:19:44Okay.
00:19:45All right.
00:19:46I...
00:19:48Are you kidding me?
00:19:49I'm a kid, Ralph?
00:19:50Oh, I'm a kid.
00:19:51I'm a kid!
00:19:52Oh, you're a kid.
00:19:53Oh, you're a kid!
00:19:55Oh, I'm a kid!
00:19:56Oh, I'm a kid.
00:19:57Can I get a hug?
00:19:58No!
00:19:59I'm a kid!
00:20:00No!
00:20:01I'm a kid!
00:20:02Hi!
00:20:03Hi!
00:20:05Hi, kid.
00:20:07Hello, Jack.
00:20:09What do you think?
00:20:11Yeah, come on in.
00:20:13Come on, Bill.
00:20:15Don't stand there.
00:20:17Hello, Bill.
00:20:19Hello, Bill.
00:20:21Hello, Bill.
00:20:23Help me, Bill.
00:20:25Help me, Bill.
00:20:27Help me, Bill.
00:20:29Help me, Bill.
00:20:31Help me, Bill.
00:20:33Hello.
00:20:35Hi, kid.
00:20:37Oh, I'm a kid.
00:20:39This is Bill Harper. He's okay.
00:20:41Hello.
00:20:43Well, if you say so.
00:20:45It's all right with me.
00:20:47I'll be back in a minute.
00:20:49Hi, kid. How are you doing?
00:20:51There's a new one in today.
00:20:53Yeah.
00:20:55Bill Harper.
00:20:57He's all right.
00:20:59Flash has got herself quite a yen for her.
00:21:01Not bad. I didn't think she had that much taste.
00:21:03She knows what she's doing.
00:21:05She's got Ralph nuts about her,
00:21:07and now she's got her hooks up with this new kid.
00:21:09Say, we haven't many more smokes.
00:21:11You'd better run over and get some.
00:21:13Why couldn't you find that out when I was here this morning?
00:21:15Now I've got my car in the shop.
00:21:17Well, what of it?
00:21:19That kid out there, Jimmy,
00:21:21he's got a car. He'll take you.
00:21:23Come on, get going. Hurry up.
00:21:25Hey, Jimmy.
00:21:27Yeah?
00:21:29I've got to run over to Cedar Avenue for a minute.
00:21:31You've got a car, haven't you?
00:21:33Why, yeah. My sister.
00:21:35Mind giving me a lift?
00:21:37Why, sure. Come on.
00:21:39Okay.
00:21:41No, thank you.
00:22:01Well, here we are.
00:22:03Oh, thanks.
00:22:05Oh, Mary, don't forget me.
00:22:07I'll never forget you.
00:22:09Oh, dear.
00:22:11If you want a good smoke, try one of these.
00:22:19Oh, dear.
00:22:21If you want a good smoke, try one of these.
00:22:35I thought you were afraid.
00:22:39Of course, if you're afraid.
00:22:49That's bitter. That's more like it.
00:22:51I know you'll like that really well.
00:22:53Now just take a puff of that.
00:22:55Just be a minute, kid.
00:23:13Hey, Jack, get me a cigarette before you go, will you?
00:23:25Come on.
00:23:39Hello, Jack.
00:23:40Hiya, boss.
00:23:43How's business?
00:23:44Getting better every day.
00:23:45Those kids sure go for it.
00:23:47Swell.
00:23:48Had to run over for a couple more cartons.
00:23:50Ran short today.
00:23:51All right.
00:23:52Danny?
00:23:53Back 10 gross for Jack Perry.
00:23:57Who?
00:23:58Pete Daly.
00:23:59All right.
00:24:00Send him in.
00:24:01It's all right.
00:24:02There we are.
00:24:09I want to talk to you.
00:24:12All right, go ahead.
00:24:13Jack's okay.
00:24:14What's the beef?
00:24:15Listen, you never heard no beef when I had to sell that rotten gin.
00:24:18They're after the dough, aren't you?
00:24:19Yeah, but I don't need dough that bad.
00:24:21Taking two-bit pieces from kids.
00:24:23There are millions of two-bit pieces just begging to be taken.
00:24:26Don't be a dope.
00:24:27I'm just dope enough to draw the line, selling Hopper kids.
00:24:33All right, Pete.
00:24:34You know what my policy has always been.
00:24:36The boys are not satisfied.
00:24:38I'm always glad to have them retire.
00:24:42Retire permanently.
00:24:46So long.
00:24:51I only wish you had a couple of kids so I could...
00:24:58Get out!
00:25:02All right, Jack.
00:25:03Pick up your stuff from Danny.
00:25:04I'll be ready by now.
00:25:05Get out.
00:25:06Okay, boss.
00:25:21Let's go, Jack!
00:25:22I'm red hot!
00:25:23Better be careful how you drive it.
00:25:24The first thing you know, you'll be ice cold.
00:25:26Take it easy, kid.
00:25:36Go down.
00:25:41You'll kill somebody.
00:25:42Mary, you're not eating your breakfast again.
00:26:04Bill Harper hasn't been around lately.
00:26:07Anything wrong between you two?
00:26:09Why should there be anything wrong?
00:26:12There shouldn't be, I'm sure.
00:26:14And whatever it is, isn't serious, I know.
00:26:16I'm sorry, Mother, for snapping at you like that.
00:26:19Don't worry about it, dear.
00:26:21Why don't you speak frankly to Bill?
00:26:23He'll be honest, whatever the trouble is.
00:26:25I'm sure Bill Harper never lied about anything.
00:26:28Yes, that's right.
00:26:29Bill's mother says he never lied.
00:26:31There, you see?
00:26:32You think it'd be all right if Bill Harper never lied about anything?
00:26:35Yes, that's right.
00:26:36Bill's mother says he never lied.
00:26:38You think it'd be all right if I speak to him about it?
00:26:41Why, of course.
00:26:43Oh, Jimmy.
00:26:46Well, what?
00:26:47Sit down, darling, and I'll have your breakfast for you in a moment.
00:26:56Jimmy, there's something worrying you.
00:26:59What have I got to worry about?
00:27:01Why don't you tell me?
00:27:02Well, for Pete's sake, don't start to cross-examine me, will you?
00:27:04I'm all right.
00:27:05Jimmy!
00:27:06Don't let Mother see you like that.
00:27:08There is no doubt that there is an organized gang distributing the narcotic to students, not only in my school, but all over the city.
00:27:21You government men have got to find some way to put an end to it.
00:27:22Of course, I agree with you, Dr. Carroll.
00:27:24But do you realize that marijuana is not like other forms of dope?
00:27:26You see, it grows wild in almost every state in the Union.
00:27:28Therefore, there is practically no interstate commerce in the drug.
00:27:33As a result, the government's hands are tied.
00:27:34And, frankly, the only sure cure is a widespread campaign in education.
00:27:36Oh, it's all right to talk about education, isn't it?
00:27:37Well, I don't know what you're talking about, thanks.
00:27:38Well, you're going to talk about that.
00:27:39But, oh, let me ask you.
00:27:40Well, let me ask you a little bit of advice.
00:27:41What are you talking about?
00:27:42Well, I'm really confident of what I'm not thinking about.
00:27:43I don't know what I'm thinking about.
00:27:44Well, I'm not.
00:27:45I don't know.
00:27:46I don't know what I'm thinking about that.
00:27:47Well, I'm sure.
00:27:48I don't know what you are.
00:27:49And so, I don't know what you are.
00:27:50You're not talking about.
00:27:51I'm sorry to talk about education.
00:27:53As a result, the government's hands are tied.
00:27:56And frankly, the only sure cure is a widespread campaign in education.
00:28:01Oh, it's all right to talk about education, Mr. Wyatt.
00:28:04But we educators can't do anything until the public is sufficiently aroused.
00:28:08Let me show you something.
00:28:11In 1930, the records on marijuana in the Washington office of the Narcotics Division
00:28:15scarcely filled a small folder like this.
00:28:18Today, they filled cabinets.
00:28:23All these devoted to marijuana records.
00:28:32Here is an example.
00:28:34A 16-year-old lad apprehended in the act of staging a holdup.
00:28:3916 years old and a marijuana addict.
00:28:42Here is the most tragic case.
00:28:44Yes, I remember.
00:28:46Just a young boy.
00:28:48Under the influence of the drug, he killed his entire family with an axe.
00:28:51Then there is the most vicious type of case.
00:28:55Here.
00:28:56In Michigan.
00:28:58A young girl, 17 years old.
00:29:00A reaper smoker.
00:29:01Taken in a raid in a company with five young men.
00:29:05Here is a particularly flagrant case.
00:29:07Yes, I remember.
00:29:08The newspapers made quite a play of it.
00:29:10In West Virginia, wasn't it?
00:29:11Yes.
00:29:12And there are hundreds of them coming up.
00:29:14New ones every day.
00:29:15I would like to take these records, if I may.
00:29:19I feel they would be of invaluable assistance to me in combating the evil in my school.
00:29:24You are very welcome, Dr. Carroll.
00:29:30Sit down, Bill.
00:29:34There seems to be something wrong.
00:29:36What is it?
00:29:36You were always a fine student.
00:29:40You always had excellent grades.
00:29:42I guess the work is getting a little harder, Dr. Carroll.
00:29:46No.
00:29:47No, it isn't that.
00:29:48Bill, I'd like to help you.
00:29:50But of course I can't unless you let me.
00:29:53You're undermining your health.
00:29:55Well, there's nothing, Dr. Carroll.
00:29:56Really, there isn't.
00:29:57I'll study harder.
00:29:58Honest.
00:30:00Honest?
00:30:00If you were being honest with me, and honest with yourself, I'm afraid you'd tell me an
00:30:05entirely different story.
00:30:10Bill, I'm going to ask you a straightforward question, and I'd like to have a straightforward
00:30:16answer.
00:30:17Yes, sir.
00:30:18Isn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly, acquired a certain harmful habit through association
00:30:25with certain undesirable people?
00:30:30Well?
00:30:31Oh, no, sir.
00:30:32I haven't, Dr. Carroll.
00:30:34Well, that is, you...
00:30:36You see, I'm...
00:30:37I'm worried about something at home.
00:30:40All right, my boy.
00:30:41We'll just have to let it go at that.
00:30:44But remember, if you ever want to confide in me, no one will ever be the wiser.
00:30:49Well, thank you, Dr. Carroll.
00:30:59Hello, Mary.
00:30:59You want to play a set?
00:31:01Thanks, Teddy, but I'm waiting for someone.
00:31:03Well, if you're waiting for Bill, he hasn't been here for a week.
00:31:08Oh, come on, Jimmy.
00:31:09Please, let me hug.
00:31:11Okay.
00:31:12Oh, Billy.
00:31:21Get it to me.
00:31:22Oh, Billy.
00:31:22Oh, Billy.
00:31:22Oh, Billy.
00:31:23Oh, Billy.
00:31:23Oh, Billy.
00:31:24Oh, Billy.
00:31:24Oh, Billy.
00:31:25Oh, Billy.
00:31:26Oh, Billy.
00:31:27Oh, Billy.
00:31:28Oh, Billy.
00:31:29Oh, Billy.
00:31:45doesn't take that new kid long to catch you, huh?
00:31:47Don't take any of them long.
00:31:54Say, don't you ever get fed!
00:31:56You're feeding me, can't you see?
00:32:04Give me that for a fork, will ya?
00:32:06Get it yourself.
00:32:17Ha ha ha ha.
00:32:24Ha ha ha ha.
00:32:36Ha ha ha ha.
00:32:38Oh, come on, Bill.
00:32:41Come on.
00:32:42Come on.
00:32:43Come on, Bill.
00:32:45Come on, Bill.
00:32:47Come on.
00:32:49Come on, Bill.
00:32:50Come on.
00:33:15Good morning, Miss.
00:33:33We're from the police department.
00:33:35Good morning.
00:33:36We're tracing a hit-and-run driver.
00:33:37Someone caught the license number at the place of the accident but didn't get it quite right.
00:33:41So we're checking all numbers like it, and yours was one of them.
00:33:43Well, I'll try to help you.
00:33:44Do you remember what you did on the 29th of last month?
00:33:47Oh, that was the day before Mother's birthday.
00:33:50Oh, yes, I remember that because I left school and went directly to the dressmakers with Mother.
00:33:54I was there all afternoon.
00:33:55Did you happen to loan your car to a couple of men?
00:33:58No.
00:33:59No.
00:33:59I had the car all afternoon myself.
00:34:01Well, thanks, Miss.
00:34:02Sorry to have troubled you.
00:34:04Tell me, did they...
00:34:06Was the person killed?
00:34:07Fortunately, he wasn't, but that's still no excuse for hit-and-run driving.
00:34:14Has Jimmy Lane been here today?
00:34:27He was in.
00:34:28He went over to May's place.
00:34:30You know where that is.
00:34:31Well, uh, he was going to wait for me here, so he didn't give me May's address.
00:34:38Are you sure Jimmy didn't leave any message for me?
00:34:41Mary?
00:34:45No, he didn't.
00:34:47But I guess you're okay.
00:34:50I'll write it down for you.
00:34:51Mary, come right in.
00:35:08Is Jimmy here?
00:35:09Oh, why, he's around somewhere.
00:35:10I think he went out to take Agnes home, but he'll be right back.
00:35:15Come in and sit down, Mary.
00:35:17And let me take your coat.
00:35:21Who's the new kid just came in?
00:35:31Oh, it's that gal that Ralph's gone overboard for.
00:35:34It's funny.
00:35:34We've never been able to get her up here before.
00:35:42Hey.
00:35:43Hey.
00:35:44Scram, will you?
00:35:51Smoke, Mary?
00:36:14Thanks.
00:36:15Are you sure Jimmy will be back soon?
00:36:17Sure, any minute.
00:36:18Sure, any minute.
00:36:18Sure, any minute.
00:36:47I'll do it.
00:37:03Don't miss him.
00:37:10Oh.
00:37:11Hey.
00:37:11Hey.
00:37:12Hey.
00:37:12Hey.
00:37:13Hey.
00:37:13Hey.
00:37:13Say, what's the matter? Am I an orphan?
00:37:26Where do you put us? You got a hollow leg?
00:37:30Thanks, dear.
00:37:32Where's the deal, Mary?
00:37:35Oh, Mary, give me everything, Mary!
00:37:38No, don't! Please, Mary!
00:37:42Oh, Mary!
00:37:43No!
00:37:45Leave me alone!
00:37:48Go away!
00:37:50Don't worry!
00:37:58Leave me alone!
00:38:00Oh, leave me alone!
00:38:03Everything's here!
00:38:05Leave me alone!
00:38:08Romeo!
00:38:13What o'clock tomorrow shall I send him to thee?
00:38:19It's Sweeto here to help you, Bill.
00:38:23Oh, thank you, kind girl.
00:38:26That was sweet.
00:38:29Bill's got a girl!
00:38:31Bill's got a girl!
00:38:33Bill's got a girl!
00:38:35Bill's got aachi house!
00:38:36Oh my God!
00:38:38He's making it!
00:39:00Will! Will! Look!
00:39:21Jack, is she all right?
00:39:23She's dead.
00:39:34May, get me some water. Now listen, you two.
00:39:39I want you to get out of here. Get out of here and forget you were ever in here today.
00:39:43I'll handle this. Now get going.
00:39:53Give it to me.
00:40:09Here.
00:40:11Mary!
00:40:22Mary!
00:40:35Mary!
00:40:37Mary!
00:40:42What happened?
00:40:43You killed her.
00:40:57Look. After I scram, you call the cops. And this is your story. Remember it.
00:41:03These two kids came up here for a couple of beers. You were up in the kitchen and you heard the shots.
00:41:08When you got in here, that's what you found. Just stick to that story.
00:41:16Mary!
00:41:19Mary, speak to me.
00:41:23Mary!
00:41:38Mary!
00:41:39Mary!
00:41:40Mary!
00:41:41Mary!
00:41:42Mary!
00:41:43Mary!
00:41:44Mary!
00:41:45Mary!
00:41:46Oh, Jack.
00:41:47I was just talking to a friend of mine. A cop. Sergeant on the homicide squad. The guy you hit that day died.
00:41:58Died?
00:41:59Died? You... I mean, you didn't...
00:42:00No. I didn't crack. I'm not going to.
00:42:04Nobody will ever know you were driving that car.
00:42:05Well, thanks, Jack.
00:42:06Just as long as you keep your mouth shut that you were ever up in May's apartment.
00:42:07Why, sure, Jack. Sure.
00:42:08Sure.
00:42:09Okay.
00:42:10I'll see you.
00:42:11Okay.
00:42:12Just as long as you keep your mouth shut that you were ever up in May's apartment.
00:42:14Why, sure, Jack. Sure.
00:42:15Okay.
00:42:16Okay.
00:42:17I'm not going to.
00:42:19Nobody will ever know you were driving that car.
00:42:22Well, thanks, Jack.
00:42:24Just as long as you keep your mouth shut that you were ever up in May's apartment.
00:42:28Why, sure, Jack, sure.
00:42:32Okay.
00:42:42Your Honor, I'd like to recall Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
00:42:47Call Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
00:43:00Dr. Carroll, as principal of the Lakeside High School,
00:43:04did you, during the last three months,
00:43:06notice any changes in the demeanor and attitude of your student, William Hopper?
00:43:10Yes, in a number of things.
00:43:13For example, a time's disassociation of ideas.
00:43:19In another instance, I happened to attend the recent interscholastic tennis matches.
00:43:25And while Bill Hopper had been considered an exceedingly good player,
00:43:29I saw him miss the ball by as much as three or four feet.
00:43:33This, I understand, could be attributed to the use of marijuana.
00:43:37It causes errors in time and space.
00:43:40Objection, Your Honor.
00:43:42The witness isn't qualified to express opinions upon the effects of narcotics.
00:43:45Sustained.
00:43:46Dr. Carroll has been called merely as a character witness.
00:43:50Well, then, although you didn't know, to your own knowledge,
00:43:54that the defendant was using marijuana...
00:43:56Did you notice any changes that would lead you to believe, as an educator,
00:44:01that he was under some severe mental strain,
00:44:04which might possibly have been induced by some drug?
00:44:06Yes, I recall distinctly a few weeks ago.
00:44:10It was during a class of English literature.
00:44:13There was a serious discussion of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
00:44:17when he suddenly burst into an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter.
00:44:22Oh, by the way, Dr. Carroll, six months ago,
00:44:25what would have been your opinion regarding the character of Mike Lyon?
00:44:29He was a fine, upstanding American boy.
00:44:33A good scholar.
00:44:34A good athlete.
00:44:35And representative of the caliber of young men,
00:44:38we are proud to be away from our school.
00:44:47Oh, snap out of him, will you?
00:44:49It's not our fault.
00:44:53Why'd I ever bring him up there, anyway?
00:44:55He's just a kid.
00:44:57I can't hang him.
00:44:59Shut up! Shut up!
00:45:01Why don't you let yourself go?
00:45:04Talk!
00:45:05Go after a nut and have me that way, too.
00:45:08It was his own fault, wasn't it?
00:45:10Shut up!
00:45:11They've got us hidden out, haven't they?
00:45:13The cops can't find us.
00:45:17Jack.
00:45:18Jack, I want to get out of this place.
00:45:22You're gonna stay here as long as we have to keep those two out there undercover.
00:45:27Until the trial's over.
00:45:29Or the boss gets a better idea.
00:45:32But they're getting on my nerves.
00:45:34It can't last much longer.
00:45:38I'm not worried about her.
00:45:39We gotta keep him gagged.
00:45:41Oh, he's about ready to crack.
00:45:43All you gotta do is keep him from having too many reefers.
00:45:46Any day now, that punk will get hot.
00:45:48He'll probably spill until Ollie knows if he gets a chance.
00:45:56I don't think he'll get it.
00:46:01I'll see you later.
00:46:02Where are you going?
00:46:04I'm gonna see the boss.
00:46:19Hello, Jack.
00:46:20Hello, boss.
00:46:26What are we gonna do about that wily guy?
00:46:28Still jittery, huh?
00:46:30I don't know what the punk's gonna do.
00:46:31Keep feeding him those hot sticks.
00:46:33That's what May's been doing.
00:46:34That's no good.
00:46:37I got a hunch that he's due to crack when that Harper verdict comes in.
00:46:41He's on the T.
00:46:42He's liable to take a potter on us and blow his Harper to the D.A.
00:46:46You mean you think we'd all be better off if he never, uh, heard the verdict?
00:46:53Well?
00:46:55What are you waiting for?
00:47:07You, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have a duty to perform.
00:47:11A duty to yourselves and to our community.
00:47:16Mary Lane is dead.
00:47:19The evidence you've heard at this trial could not have failed to convince you of the guilt of the defendant.
00:47:27By his own admission, he pressed the trigger of the weapon that sent lovely and innocent Mary Lane to a tragic and untimely death.
00:47:36We are not so much concerned about the motives behind the deed as to the deed itself.
00:47:43While the defendant has told you that he saw someone attacking Mary Lane,
00:47:48and that his mind went blank from that moment on,
00:47:51the defense has been unable to produce one witness to substantiate that statement.
00:47:57Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard able men testify at this trial,
00:48:04men who have tried to bring out the fact that the defendant might have become momentarily insane
00:48:10when he fired the shot that killed Mary Lane.
00:48:13But the defense has been unable to prove that he was insane.
00:48:17William Harper was sane when he visited the apartment where the tragedy occurred.
00:48:21He was in the habit of visiting the place.
00:48:24He was sane when he went into a bedroom with another young woman.
00:48:28You've all heard what went on in that room.
00:48:30You heard it from the defendant's own lips.
00:48:33Involved as he was in a tawdry love affair,
00:48:36Mary Lane was in the way.
00:48:39She had found him out.
00:48:41In a moment of anger, he deliberately and willfully killed her.
00:48:45If such deeds are permitted to go unpunished,
00:48:49this community would cease to be a decent and safe place for us or our children to live.
00:48:55I do not believe I have to plead or even demand that you bring in a verdict
00:49:01to punish the defendant for the crime that he has committed against society.
00:49:05You are upright citizens.
00:49:08That is why you were chosen to judge another.
00:49:10And as honest, upright citizens, there is only one verdict which you can find.
00:49:16And that is a verdict of guilty.
00:49:22And this court will be adjourned until the jury's verdict is reached.
00:49:33I suppose you all feel the same about this case.
00:49:41But he might have been insane when he did it.
00:49:44No, he wasn't. He knew what he was doing.
00:49:52But supposing he was insane?
00:49:54You can never make me believe it or anybody else.
00:49:57We'll take a first vote.
00:50:10We'll take a second vote.
00:50:13Eleven for conviction.
00:50:15One for acquittal.
00:50:21But there's a reasonable doubt about the boy's sanity.
00:50:24We can't...
00:50:25There's no doubt about the fact that he murdered her.
00:50:27He admitted it himself.
00:50:29That wasn't the first time he was there.
00:50:41We've got to make an example.
00:50:43Before boys like that contaminate all of our children.
00:50:45We can't have every murderer hiding behind the gag that he's insane.
00:50:49Sure they see red before they kill somebody.
00:50:51But whose fault is it?
00:51:10There's no doubt about it.
00:51:36Have you reached a verdict?
00:51:38We have.
00:51:40The defendant will rise.
00:51:46What is your verdict?
00:51:48We find the defendant guilty.
00:51:49Is charged.
00:51:56No.
00:51:58No.
00:52:00No.
00:52:07No.
00:52:08No.
00:52:09No.
00:52:31No.
00:52:33No.
00:52:35Stop that racket! Stop it!
00:52:37What's the matter with you?
00:52:39Give me the creeps.
00:52:47May.
00:52:49May!
00:52:51What do you want?
00:52:53I don't know.
00:52:55I don't know.
00:52:57I don't know.
00:52:59I don't know.
00:53:01I don't know.
00:53:03What do you want?
00:53:05Bring me some reefers.
00:53:15They're going to Hagen.
00:53:17Blanche.
00:53:19They're going to Hagen.
00:53:21Oh, come on. Get a hold of yourself.
00:53:25Here you are.
00:53:27And quit that crazy laughing.
00:53:29Where's Jack?
00:53:31I want to get out of here.
00:53:33They'll pick you up and hang you if you don't pike down.
00:53:35I want to see Jack.
00:53:37Jack.
00:53:39I want to see Jack.
00:53:41Jack.
00:53:45You'd better quiet him.
00:53:47I can't do anything with him.
00:53:49I want to see Jack.
00:53:51I can't let that kid hang.
00:53:57He'll be here.
00:53:59Don't worry.
00:54:00He'll be here in a little while.
00:54:01I've got to see him.
00:54:03I've got to see him.
00:54:05I've got to see him.
00:54:07Come on, darling.
00:54:09Everything will be over soon.
00:54:13Do you want me to play something for you?
00:54:15Yeah.
00:54:17Yeah, that's it.
00:54:19Play something.
00:54:20All right.
00:54:21Come on.
00:54:22Come on, darling.
00:54:23Everything will be over soon.
00:54:25Do you want me to play something for you?
00:54:26Yeah.
00:54:27Yeah, that's it.
00:54:28Play something.
00:54:29All right.
00:54:30Come on, darling.
00:54:31Everything will be over soon.
00:54:36Do you want me to play something for you?
00:54:38Yeah.
00:54:39Yeah, that's it.
00:54:40Play something.
00:54:41All right.
00:54:42Come on.
00:54:51Honey.
00:54:52Give me a smoke, will you?
00:54:59Come on.
00:55:22Mastery.
00:55:26Mastery!
00:55:29Play, Mastery!
00:55:38Play Mastery!
00:55:40Mastery.
00:55:42Mastery.
00:55:59I know what you want.
00:56:23You want to kill me.
00:56:26You're crazy.
00:56:27Take it easy, kid.
00:56:31I just want to talk to you.
00:56:53Hurry, hurry.
00:56:54There's a terrible fight going on.
00:56:56Yes, yes.
00:56:57Apartment 32.
00:57:17Stop it.
00:57:19Stop it.
00:57:19Take your hands off of me.
00:57:21Take your hands off of me.
00:57:22Stop it.
00:57:23Take your hands off of me.
00:57:24Take your hands off of me.
00:57:24Take your hands off of me.
00:57:25Stop it.
00:57:26Stop it.
00:57:27Stop it.
00:57:28No.
00:57:29No.
00:57:30Why?
00:57:31You and Jack, sorry.
00:57:32Are you ready to tell what you know?
00:57:33Yes.
00:57:33I'll look.
00:57:34Who are you, Jack?
00:57:36Sorry.
00:57:37Are you ready to tell what you know?
00:57:39Yes.
00:57:40I'll see.
00:58:04I'll see you next time.
00:58:09I'll see you next time.
00:58:14I'll see you next time.
00:58:44If we can gain some measure of leniency from my client, she's prepared to enter a plea
00:58:54of guilty and, in addition, turn safe evidence in the case of William Harper.
00:58:59I regret that this court is not prepared to bargain with justice.
00:59:03I'll tell anyway.
00:59:04I was there.
00:59:05I saw it.
00:59:06I know who killed Mary.
00:59:08And I'll tell you who killed Mary Lane.
00:59:10It wasn't Bill.
00:59:11It was Jack.
00:59:13Jack Perry.
00:59:14He shot Mary, and then he put the gun in Bill's hand.
00:59:17We were all up at the apartment one afternoon, and Mary came in looking for her brother.
00:59:22Bill and I, we'd been in another room.
00:59:25And Bill came in, and he caught Ralph with Mary, and then he started to fight.
00:59:30But it was Jack who had the gun.
00:59:31But it was Jack who had the gun.
00:59:32He was going to hit Bill over the head with it to make him stop.
00:59:35And then, then the gun went off.
00:59:37I saw it.
00:59:39I can see it now.
00:59:40It was horrible.
00:59:41And, before I knew her, Mary, Mary was dead.
00:59:54But you see, Judge, Bill didn't know he hadn't killed Mary.
00:59:58He was so doped up, they made him think he had.
01:00:02Ralph wanted to tell you, too.
01:00:04Oh, if they'd only let him.
01:00:07But this is the truth, Judge.
01:00:09I'm telling you the truth.
01:00:11After Jack saw the poor thing was dead, he put the gun in Bill's hand.
01:00:17It was Jack's fault.
01:00:20And it was my fault, too.
01:00:23I got all of them to come up to the apartment.
01:00:28I'm just as much to blame.
01:00:31I am.
01:00:33I am.
01:00:36Do I understand you wish to plead guilty to a charge of fostering moral delinquency in the case of William Harper?
01:00:42Yes, yes, I'm guilty.
01:00:45I am.
01:00:46Prepare a statement for signature.
01:00:50And also an order setting aside the jury's verdict in the case of the people versus William Harper.
01:00:59In the interests of justice, I shall direct a verdict of not guilty.
01:01:04Sign here, please.
01:01:16You shall be brought into court on Thursday the 17th when sentence will be pronounced.
01:01:30Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness in the case of the people versus Ralph Wiley.
01:01:48There, if you will, along the way, a woman will be told and the other Book of Jesus, who may be held as a victim.
01:01:55On Thursday the 17th, I will talk to you, Mr. Robinson.
01:01:58Today, I will meet you, sir, as good as that was in your house.
01:02:01I will see you, sir, as a man.
01:02:03I will meet up here.
01:02:04In the space of the 6th.
01:02:05I will meet you, young people at the same time.
01:02:07And the silent wedding.
01:02:08I will meet you, sir.
01:02:09THE END
01:02:39THE END
01:03:09THE END
01:03:11THE END
01:03:13THE END
01:03:15THE END
01:03:17THE END
01:03:19THE END
01:03:21THE END
01:03:23TO ORDER THE VERDICT OF THE JURY
01:03:25IN THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE
01:03:26VERSUS WILLIAM HARPER
01:03:27TO BE SET ASIDE
01:03:29BUT YOUNG MAN
01:03:30ALTHOUGH THIS COURT IS CONVINCED
01:03:33THAT TO DECLARE YOU GUILTY
01:03:34WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:03:35A GROSS MISCARRIAGE
01:03:36OF JUSTICE
01:03:36WE CANNOT CONDONE
01:03:39YOUR ACTS
01:03:40AND WE CAN EXPRESS
01:03:42ONLY THE HOPE
01:03:43THAT YOUR EXPERIENCES
01:03:44MAY NOT ALONE
01:03:45KEEP YOU
01:03:46BUT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
01:03:47FROM THE VICIOUS PITFALLS
01:03:49OF MATAWANNA
01:03:50THUS I AM ORDERING YOU
01:03:53TO REMAIN IN THIS COURT
01:03:54DURING THE NEXT CASE
01:03:55SO THAT YOU
01:03:57WILL BE OBLIGED
01:03:58TO WITNESS
01:03:58WHAT YOU YOURSELF
01:04:00SO NARROWLY ESCAPED
01:04:01CALL THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE
01:04:03VERSUS RALPH WILLEY
01:04:04BILL
01:04:10BILL
01:04:11BILL
01:04:12BILL
01:04:29YOUR HONOR
01:04:31IN THIS CASE
01:04:33THE STATE WAVES
01:04:35TRIAL OF THE DEFENDANT
01:04:36RALPH WILLEY
01:04:37IT IS RECOMMENDED
01:04:39YOUR HONOR
01:04:40THAT THE DEFENDANT
01:04:41BE PLACED
01:04:41AT AN INSTITUTION
01:04:42FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE
01:04:43FOR THE REST OF HIS
01:04:44NATURAL LIFE
01:04:44DEFENDANT COUNSEL
01:04:47JOINS THE STATE
01:04:48IN THIS REQUEST
01:04:49SINCE COUNSEL
01:04:51FOR THE DEFENSE
01:04:51AS WELL AS COUNSEL
01:04:52FOR THE STATE
01:04:53SEEMED TO AGREE ON THIS
01:04:54I SEE NO REASON
01:04:56WHY THE REQUEST
01:04:57SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED
01:04:58THAT HAPPENED
01:05:01RIGHT HERE
01:05:02TO YOUR NEIGHBORS
01:05:03IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO SAY
01:05:05THAT IN YOUR HANDS
01:05:06LIES THE POSSIBILITY
01:05:08OF AVERTING
01:05:09OTHER TRAGEDIES LIKE IT
01:05:10WE MUST WORK UNTIRINGLY
01:05:13SO THAT OUR CHILDREN
01:05:14ARE OBLIGED
01:05:15TO LEARN THE TRUTH
01:05:16BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
01:05:18THAT WE CAN SAFELY PROTECT THEM
01:05:21FAILING THIS
01:05:22THE NEXT TRAGEDY
01:05:24MAY BE THAT OF YOUR DAUGHTER
01:05:26OR YOUR SON
01:05:28OR YOURS
01:05:29OR YOURS
01:05:31OR YOURS
01:05:33OR YOURS
01:05:45OR YOURS
01:05:49Amen.