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📖🚬 "Reefer Madness" (1936) – The infamous anti-marijuana propaganda film turned cult classic.

Originally released as a morality tale, this low-budget exploitation movie depicts high school students lured into a world of jazz, parties, and “reefer” (marijuana), leading to a spiral of crime, insanity, and tragedy. Intended to scare parents, it’s now beloved for its exaggerated performances, melodramatic tone, and unintentional humor.

🎥 A fascinating piece of cinematic history, Reefer Madness has become a midnight-movie favorite and a symbol of 1930s-era propaganda filmmaking.

🎞️ Perfect for viewers who enjoy:
• Cult classics and campy films
• Vintage exploitation cinema
• Public domain movies
• Social-issue films from the 1930s
• Midnight movie nostalgia
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00:10:38Oh, 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? Like to come?
00:10:51Thanks, Teddy. Maybe 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. And you?
00:11:02Oh, great.
00:11:02Where are you heading?
00:11:03Oh.
00:11:06Hey, how do you like that?
00:11:08That's the one I was telling you about.
00:11:17Very 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. My dad knows his family. None of them are any good.
00:11:31Father and mother just got a divorce from Paris.
00:11:33Yeah?
00:11:34Well, you know, Ralph runs around pretty much on his own. He's been in a couple of jams.
00:11:38Well, I only kind of say hello to him. I don't go around with him.
00:11:41Well, you better not. He's a little too old for us. That'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. You know our 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. Why 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. Come on, we'll have some laughs.
00:12:07Oh, we can today, Ralph. Some 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.
00:12:32Hey, he ain't no paper man.
00:12:51Why don't you know him? That's Hotfinger's pretty.
00:12:54Well, he really swings out and out with him. That's a chive. 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.
00:13:22Maybe.
00:13:22Maybe.
00:13:27Maybe.
00:13:28Maybe.
00:13:33Maybe.
00:13:33THE END
00:14:03Oh, Jimmy, you're wonderful!
00:14:20You're just finding that out.
00:14:28Why can't we go now?
00:14:29Good.
00:14:31Hey, kids, we're having a little party up at my girlfriend's apartment.
00:14:34Wouldn't you like to come?
00:14:35Oh, I'd love to.
00:14:36You want to come, don't you, Jimmy?
00:14:37Oh, sure.
00:14:39Anyplace with you.
00:14:40Well, come along.
00:14:41We can all go in my car.
00:14:47See you later, y'all.
00:14:49Stop.
00:14:49It's sweet of you to help me, Bill.
00:15:05Well, I'll try anything except domestic science.
00:15:08Why, 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
00:15:17with her pot roast gravy was she hadn't added three heaping teaspoons of olive oil.
00:15:23What did she say?
00:15:25She didn't say anything.
00:15:26She just threw me out of the kitchen.
00:15:28Oh, I don't wonder.
00:15:29Hello, children.
00:15:30Hello, Mother.
00:15:30Hello, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:32That was sweet of you, Mother.
00:15:34Gosh, hot chocolate.
00:15:36Thanks, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:38I know you can't study on empty stomachs.
00:15:40Now then, enjoy yourself.
00:15:41He will.
00:15:42She will, too, Mrs. Lane.
00:15:44May I?
00:15:46Oh, thank you, kind sir.
00:15:48You're so very, very kind.
00:15:52Mary, 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.
00:16:07Oh, listen.
00:16:10It is my soul that calls upon thy name.
00:16:15How silver sweet sound lovers' tongues by night.
00:16:21Like softest music to attending ears.
00:16:25Romeo.
00:16:27My dear.
00:16:28What old clock tomorrow shall I send to thee?
00:16:32By the hour of nine.
00:16:34I will not fail.
00:16:35Well, just 20 years till then.
00:16:44Well, I'll see you tonight, Mary.
00:16:47Bye, Mrs. Lane.
00:16:48Goodbye, Mrs. Lane.
00:16:49Goodbye, Mrs. Lane.
00:16:49How strong?
00:16:50Gosh, I'll...
00:16:51Oh!
00:16:52Oh, I'll get some more, all right.
00:16:58Well, bye.
00:17:00Bye.
00:17:01Hey, Daddy!
00:17:02Oh, June.
00:17:03Hey, well...
00:17:05Hey, Dad, you got anything for me?
00:17:11Well, there should be...
00:17:11Don't bother your father every night.
00:17:14Uh, have you?
00:17:16There you are.
00:17:17What made you feel late, Bill?
00:17:18I was getting worried.
00:17:20Oh, I had to study, Ma.
00:17:22He was not.
00:17:23I saw him out walking with his girl.
00:17:26Bill's got a girl.
00:17:28Got a girl, too.
00:17:28Ma, make him cut it out.
00:17:30Junior.
00:17:31Well, Bill has got a girl.
00:17:33Quiet.
00:17:34And put that candy away till after dinner.
00:17:37Henry, you shouldn't have given it to him.
00:17:39Well, he has got a girlfriend, and her name is Mary.
00:17:41Yeah, I'll shut you up.
00:17:45Bill!
00:17:45Junior!
00:17:46Put that towel in the hall.
00:17:47Junior!
00:17:48Oh, that's a little, Ellen.
00:17:50They're all right there, young.
00:17:51Mary's a little lamb.
00:17:52Mary's a little lamb.
00:17:54I didn't mean to Bill Ernest, I didn't.
00:17:56Oh, well, what I'm burnt up about is it just didn't say Bill had a swell girl.
00:18:01Gee, it must be love.
00:18:04She'd have to be swell for you to like her.
00:18:06Uh-huh, sounds like you want something.
00:18:08Come on, what is it?
00:18:10Well, it's my model airplane.
00:18:12It won't work.
00:18:14Gosh, Bill, you can fix it.
00:18:16You can fix anything.
00:18:19Okay, I'll fix it.
00:18:22Dad, read me before you get me, will you?
00:18:25Yeah, here we are.
00:18:27You see...
00:18:27Oh, hello, Jimmy.
00:18:32Mary told me to wait and tell her she had to go home.
00:18:37Her mother wanted her to go to the dressmaker with her.
00:18:38Oh, thanks, Jimmy.
00:18:40You must be getting grown up.
00:18:42I see Mary let you have the car.
00:18:43Yeah.
00:18:44Did I take you any place?
00:18:46Well, I wasn't going any place in particular.
00:18:48Well, then, how about driving me over to the show's place with me?
00:18:51I'll buy you soda.
00:18:53I never drink that stuff.
00:18:55Well, gee, I'll buy you something else.
00:18:57Okay.
00:18:58You're on the hook for one rude beer as well.
00:18:59I don't know.
00:19:12Hi, Bill.
00:19:13Hi, Jimmy.
00:19:13Oh, Dad.
00:19:14Hey, Jimmy.
00:19:17Hello, Jimmy.
00:19:18Hello, Bill.
00:19:19Come on, slide in.
00:19:20Hello, Lance.
00:19:20Hello, Ralph.
00:19:21How are you?
00:19:21Well, Lance, how have you been, Ralph?
00:19:22Hello, Jim.
00:19:23Two 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 out to her apartment a little later.
00:19:30Couldn't Bill come along?
00:19:31Mm-hmm.
00:19:32Well, don't come on along, Bill.
00:19:34You'll get a kick out of it.
00:19:35Thanks, just the same.
00:19:36Oh, come on, Bill.
00:19:37Mary won't be jealous.
00:19:39Why, sure.
00:19:39A lot of the kids will be there.
00:19:40It's keen.
00:19:41Well, I don't.
00:19:42I really shouldn't have.
00:19:43Well, okay.
00:19:45Hiya, kid.
00:20:11Hello, Jack.
00:20:12What do you think?
00:20:12Come on, Jack.
00:20:13Yeah, come on in.
00:20:15Oh, yeah.
00:20:16Yeah.
00:20:17Come on.
00:20:17Come on.
00:20:18Hi, hi, Mr.
00:20:19Oh, hi.
00:20:24Come on, Bill.
00:20:25Don't stand there.
00:20:26Hello, Bill.
00:20:27Hello, Bill.
00:20:28Let's kill me, Bill.
00:20:29Come on.
00:20:29Come on.
00:20:29Come on.
00:20:30Come on.
00:20:31Come on.
00:20:31Come on.
00:20:32Come on.
00:20:32Come on.
00:20:37Hi, Jack.
00:20:38Oh, I'm Ed.
00:20:40This is Bill Harper.
00:20:41He's okay.
00:20:41Hello.
00:20:43Well, if you say so.
00:20:45It's all right with me.
00:20:46I'll be back in a minute.
00:20:47Yeah, I'm Ed.
00:20:48Hiya, kids.
00:20:49How are you doing?
00:20:50Good.
00:20:50Good.
00:20:50Hi, Ray.
00:20:53There's a new one in today.
00:20:54Yeah.
00:20:55Bill Harper.
00:20:57He's all right.
00:20:57Blanche has got herself quite a yen for her.
00:21:01Not bad.
00:21:02I didn't think she had that much taste.
00:21:04She knows what she's doing.
00:21:06She's got Ralph nuts about her, and now she's got her hooks up for this new kid.
00:21:09Say, we haven't many more smoke.
00:21:11You better run over and get some.
00:21:13Why couldn't you find that out when I was here this morning?
00:21:16I've got my car in the shop.
00:21:18Well, what of it?
00:21:19That kid out there, Jimmy, he's got a car.
00:21:22He'll take you.
00:21:23Come on, get going.
00:21:24Hurry up.
00:21:35Hey, Jimmy.
00:21:36Yeah?
00:21:37I've got to run over to Cedar Avenue for a minute.
00:21:40You've got a car, haven't you?
00:21:41Why, yeah, my sister.
00:21:42Mind giving me a lift?
00:21:43Why, sure.
00:21:44Come on.
00:21:44Okay.
00:21:53No, thank you.
00:22:06Well, here we are.
00:22:08Oh, thanks.
00:22:10Oh, Mary, don't forget me.
00:22:14I'll never forget you.
00:22:19Oh, dear.
00:22:20If you want a good smoke, try one of these.
00:22:23I thought you were a sport.
00:22:44Of course, if you're afraid.
00:22:50That's bitter.
00:22:51There's more like it.
00:22:52I know you'll like it really well.
00:22:54Now, just take a puff of this.
00:23:10Just for a minute, kid.
00:23:16Hey, Jack, get me a cigarette before you go, will you?
00:23:17Hello, Jack.
00:23:40Hiya, boss.
00:23:41How's business?
00:23:44Getting better every day.
00:23:45Those kids sure go for it.
00:23:47Swell.
00:23:48Head to run over for a couple more cartons.
00:23:50Ran short today.
00:23:51All right.
00:23:53Danny?
00:23:54Back ten grubs for Jack Perry.
00:23:57Who?
00:23:58Pete Daly.
00:23:59All right, send him in.
00:24:01It's all right.
00:24:01Stay where you are.
00:24:02I want to talk to you.
00:24:12All right, go ahead.
00:24:13Jack's okay.
00:24:13What'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.
00:24:24There 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.
00:24:35You know what my policy has always been.
00:24:37The boys are not satisfied.
00:24:38I'm always glad to have them retire.
00:24:42Retire permanently.
00:24:47So long.
00:24:47I only wish you had a couple of kids so I could...
00:24:59Get out!
00:25:03All right, Jack.
00:25:03Pick up your stuff from Danny.
00:25:04It'll be ready by now.
00:25:06Okay, boss.
00:25:17Let'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.
00:25:35Take it easy, kid.
00:25:39Hold on.
00:25:39You'll kill somebody.
00:25:40Mary, you're not eating your breakfast again.
00:26:06Bill Hopper hasn't been around lately.
00:26:11Anything wrong between you two?
00:26:13Why should there be anything wrong?
00:26:15There shouldn't be, I'm sure.
00:26:17And whatever it is isn't serious, I know.
00:26:20I'm sorry, Mother, for snapping at you like that.
00:26:23Don't worry about it, dear.
00:26:25Why don't you speak frankly to Bill?
00:26:28He'll be honest, whatever the trouble is.
00:26:30I'm sure Bill Hopper never lied about anything.
00:26:33Yes, that's right.
00:26:34Bill's mother said he'd never lie.
00:26:36There, you see.
00:26:38You think it'd be all right if I speak to him about it?
00:26:41Why, of course.
00:26:44Oh, Jimmy.
00:26:46Well, what?
00:26:48Sit down, darling, and I'll have your breakfast for you in a moment.
00:26:57Jimmy, 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.
00:27:04Jimmy, 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.
00:27:35You government men have got to find some way to put an end to it.
00:27:39Of course, I agree with you, Dr. Carroll.
00:27:42But do you realize that marijuana is not like other forms of dope?
00:27:46You see, it grows wild in almost every state in the Union.
00:27:50Therefore, there is practically no interstate commerce in the drug.
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.
00:28:09In 1930, the records on marijuana in the Washington office of the Narcotics Division scarcely filled a small folder like this.
00:28:18Today, they fill cabinets.
00:28:20All these devoted to marijuana records.
00:28:32Here is an example.
00:28:35A 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.
00:28:52Then 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.
00:29:16I'd 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're very welcome, Dr. Carroll.
00:29:30Sit down, Bill.
00:29:34There seems to be something wrong.
00:29:36What is it?
00:29:37You 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?
00:30:01If you were being honest with me and honest with yourself,
00:30:04I'm afraid you'd tell me an entirely different story.
00:30:07Bill, I'm going to ask you a straightforward question.
00:30:14And I'd like to have a straightforward answer.
00:30:17Yes, sir.
00:30:18Isn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly,
00:30:22acquired a certain harmful habit through association with certain undesirable people?
00:30:30Well?
00:30:32Oh, no, sir.
00:30:32I haven't, Dr. Carroll.
00:30:34Well, that is, you...
00:30:35You 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,
00:30:45if you ever want to confide in me,
00:30:48no one will ever be the wisest.
00:30:49Well, thank you, Dr. Carroll.
00:30:57Hello, Mary.
00:31:00You 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 weeks.
00:31:08Oh, come on, Jimmy.
00:31:09Please, let me hug.
00:31:11Okay.
00:31:12Oh, Billy.
00:31:21Give it to me.
00:31:22Oh, Billy.
00:31:22Oh, Billy.
00:31:23Oh, Billy.
00:31:23Oh, Billy.
00:31:24Oh, Billy.
00:31:25Oh, Billy.
00:31:26Oh, Billy.
00:31:26Oh, Billy.
00:31:27Oh, Billy.
00:31:33Oh, Billy.
00:31:33Oh, Billy.
00:31:33Oh, Billy.
00:31:33Oh, Billy.
00:31:35Oh, Billy.
00:31:36Oh, Billy!
00:31:37Oh, Billy.
00:31:45Doesn't take that new kid long to catch on.
00:31:47Don't take any of them long.
00:31:49Don't take any of them long.
00:31:49Hey, don't you ever get fed.
00:31:57You're feeding me, can't you see?
00:32:05Give me that to the fork, will you?
00:32:07Get it yourself.
00:32:19Come on, Bill.
00:32:41Come on.
00:32:43Come on.
00:32:45Come on, Bill.
00:32:47Come on.
00:32:48Come on.
00:33:14Come on.
00:33:15Come on.
00:33:15Come on.
00:33:18Good morning, miss. We'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.
00:33:44You remember what you did on the 29th of last month?
00:33:47That 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, no. I had the car all afternoon myself.
00:34:01Well, thanks, miss. Sorry to have troubled you.
00:34:04Tell me, did they... was the person killed?
00:34:07Fortunately, he wasn't, but that's still no excuse for hit-and-run driving.
00:34:17Has Jimmy Lane been here today?
00:34:27He was in. He 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?
00:34:41No, 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?
00:35:09Well, 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.
00:35:18Who'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. We've never been able to get her up here before.
00:35:42Hey. Hey. Scram, will ya?
00:35:48Come on, Mary?
00:36:14Thanks.
00:36:15Are you sure, Jimmy, you'll be back soon?
00:36:17Sure, any minute.
00:37:13Hey, what's the matter?
00:37:25Am I an orphan?
00:37:28Where do you put us?
00:37:29You got a hollow leg?
00:37:31Thanks, dear.
00:37:33Here, Mary.
00:37:36Oh, Mary, give me everything.
00:37:38Mary.
00:37:39No, no, don't.
00:37:41Please, no.
00:37:42Oh, Mary.
00:37:43No.
00:37:45Leave me alone.
00:37:49Go away.
00:37:51Go away.
00:37:51Go away.
00:37:52Go away.
00:37:59Leave me alone.
00:38:01Leave me alone.
00:38:03Leave me alone.
00:38:04Leave me alone.
00:38:05Everything's open.
00:38:06Leave me alone.
00:38:14Romeo.
00:38:14What old clock tomorrow shall I send to thee?
00:38:20It's Rita here to help me, Bill.
00:38:24Oh, thank you, kind girl.
00:38:27That was still kind of girl.
00:38:31Still kind of girl.
00:38:33Still kind of girl.
00:38:36Oh, I didn't know it.
00:38:39I can't.
00:38:41I can't.
00:38:42I can't.
00:38:44I can't.
00:38:53Look.
00:39:18Wil!
00:39:19Wil!
00:39:20Look.
00:39:22Jack, is she all right?
00:39:30She's dead.
00:39:35Nay, get me some water.
00:39:39Now listen, you two.
00:39:41I want you to get out of here.
00:39:42Get out of here and forget you were ever in here today.
00:39:45I'll handle this. Now get going.
00:39:51Give it to me.
00:40:10Here.
00:40:21Mary.
00:40:35Mary.
00:40:37Mary.
00:40:41What happened?
00:40:44You killed her.
00:40:44Look, after I scram, you call the cops.
00:41:02And this is your story. Remember it.
00:41:04These two kids came up here for a couple of beers.
00:41:07You're up in the kitchen, you heard the shots.
00:41:09When you got in here, that's what you found.
00:41:12Just stick to that story.
00:41:14Mary.
00:41:20Mary, speak to me.
00:41:24Mary.
00:41:24Mary.
00:41:24Mary.
00:41:44Hello, Jack.
00:42:00I was just talking to a friend of mine.
00:42:03A cop.
00:42:06Sergeant on the homicide squad.
00:42:08The guy you hit that day died.
00:42:13Died?
00:42:13You...
00:42:14I mean, you didn't...
00:42:15No.
00:42:16I didn't crack.
00:42:18I'm not going to.
00:42:20Nobody will ever know you were driving that car.
00:42:23Well, thanks, Jack.
00:42:25Just as long as you keep your mouth shut that you were ever up in May's apartment.
00:42:29Why, sure, Jack.
00:42:30Sure.
00:42:30Sure.
00:42:33Okay.
00:42:33Okay.
00:42:43Your Honor, I'd like to recall Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
00:42:48Call Dr. Alfred Carroll to the stand.
00:42:50Dr. Carroll, as principal of the Lakeside High School, did you, during the last three months,
00:43:07notice 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.
00:43:20In another instance, I happened to attend the recent interscholastic tennis matches.
00:43:26And while Bill Hopper had been considered an exceedingly good player, I saw him miss the ball by as much as three or four feet.
00:43:34This, I understand, could be attributed to the use of marijuana.
00:43:37It causes errors in time and space.
00:43:41Objection, Your Honor.
00:43:43The witness isn't qualified to express opinions upon the effects of narcotics.
00:43:46Sustained.
00:43:48Dr. Carroll has been called merely as a character witness.
00:43:51Well, then, although you didn't know, to your own knowledge, that the defendant was using marijuana,
00:43:57did you notice any changes that would lead you to believe, as an educator,
00:44:02that he was under some severe mental strain, which might possibly have been induced by some drug?
00:44:07Yes, I recall distinctly a few weeks ago.
00:44:12It was during a class of English literature.
00:44:15There was a serious discussion of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
00:44:19when he suddenly burst into an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter.
00:44:24Oh, by the way, Dr. Carroll,
00:44:25six months ago, what would have been your opinion regarding the character of my client?
00:44:30He was a fine, upstanding American boy, a good scholar, a good athlete,
00:44:36and representative of the caliber of young men we are proud to be away from our school.
00:44:41Oh, snap out of him, will you?
00:44:51It's not our fault.
00:44:54Why'd I ever bring him up there, anyway?
00:44:56He's just a kid.
00:44:59I can't hang him.
00:45:00Shut up! Shut up!
00:45:02Why don't you let yourself go?
00:45:05Talk!
00:45:07Go after a nut and have me that way, too.
00:45:10It was his own fault, wasn't it?
00:45:11Shut up!
00:45:13They've got us hidden out, haven't they?
00:45:14The cops can't find us.
00:45:18Jack.
00:45:19Jack, I want to get out of this place.
00:45:23You're going to stay here as long as we have to keep those two out there undercover.
00:45:26Until the trial's over, or the boss gets a better idea.
00:45:32But they're getting on my nerves.
00:45:35It can't last much longer.
00:45:38I'm not worried about her.
00:45:40We've got to keep him gagged.
00:45:42He's about ready to crack.
00:45:44All you've got to do is keep him from having too many reefers.
00:45:47Any day now, that punk will get hot.
00:45:49He'll probably spill until Ollie knows if he gets a chance.
00:45:56I don't think he'll get it.
00:46:02I'll see you later.
00:46:03Where are you going?
00:46:05I'm going to see the boss.
00:46:19Hello, Jack.
00:46:20Hello, boss.
00:46:26What are we going to do about that wily guy?
00:46:29So jittery, huh?
00:46:30I don't know what the punk's going to do.
00:46:32Keep feeding him those hot sticks.
00:46:34That's what May's been doing.
00:46:35That's no good.
00:46:37I've got a hunch that he's due to crack when that Harper verdict comes in.
00:46:42He's on the T.
00:46:43He's going to take a powder on us and blow his topper to the D.A.
00:46:46You mean you think we'd all be better off if he never heard the verdict?
00:46:54Well, what are you waiting for?
00:46:57You, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have a duty to perform, a duty to yourselves and
00:47:15to our community.
00:47:16Mary Lane is dead.
00:47:18The evidence you've heard at this trial could not have failed to convince you of the guilt
00:47:25of the defendant.
00:47:28By his own admission, he pressed the trigger of the weapon that sent lovely and innocent
00:47:32Mary Lane to a tragic and untimely death.
00:47:38We 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, and that his
00:47:50mind went blank from that moment on, the defense has been unable to produce one witness to
00:47:56substantiate that statement.
00:47:59Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard able men testify at this trial, men who
00:48:05have tried to bring out the fact that the defendant might have become momentarily insane when
00:48:11he fired the shot that killed Mary Lane.
00:48:14But the defense has been unable to prove that he was insane.
00:48:18William Harper was sane when he visited the apartment where the tragedy occurred.
00:48:23He was in the habit of visiting the place.
00:48:25He was sane when he went into a bedroom with another young woman.
00:48:28You've all heard what went on in that room.
00:48:31You heard it from the defendant's own lips.
00:48:34Involved as he was in a tawdry love affair, Mary Lane was in the way.
00:48:39She had found him out.
00:48:40In a moment of anger, he deliberately and willfully killed her.
00:48:47If such deeds are permitted to go unpunished, this community would cease to be a decent and
00:48:52safe 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 to punish the defendant
00:49:02for the crime that he has committed against society.
00:49:06You are upright citizens.
00:49:07That is why you were chosen to judge another.
00:49:11And as honest, upright citizens, there is only one verdict which you can find.
00:49:17And that is a verdict of guilty.
00:49:20And this court will be adjourned until the jury's verdict is reached.
00:49:34I suppose you all feel the same about this case.
00:49:36But he might have been insane when he did it.
00:49:44No, he wasn't.
00:49:45He 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.
00:49:58Eleven for conviction, one 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.
00:50:28That 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.
00:50:46We can't have every murderer hiding behind the gag that he's insane.
00:50:49Sure, they see red before they kill somebody.
00:50:52But whose fault is it?
00:50:58We can't carry on the disturbed things.
00:51:01And it's gonna be fair.
00:51:01We'll kick off an wrong person.
00:51:02Let's say red before they kill somebody.
00:51:03We can't avoid murdering.
00:51:19That's what they kill somebody.
00:51:20It's gonna be good.
00:51:21Have you reached a verdict?
00:51:37We have.
00:51:40The defendant will rise.
00:51:46What is your verdict?
00:51:48We find the defendant guilty.
00:51:49The defendant is charged.
00:51:56No.
00:51:57No.
00:51:59No.
00:51:59No.
00:52:01No.
00:52:02No.
00:52:03No.
00:52:04No.
00:52:06No.
00:52:11No.
00:52:12No.
00:52:14No.
00:52:15No.
00:52:16No.
00:52:17No.
00:52:18No.
00:52:19No.
00:52:20No.
00:52:21No.
00:52:22No.
00:52:23No.
00:52:24Stop that racket! Stop it!
00:52:50What's the matter with you?
00:52:52Give me the creeps.
00:52:54What do you want?
00:53:06Bring me some reefers.
00:53:15They're going to Hagen.
00:53:18Blanche, they're going to Hagen.
00:53:21Oh, come on. Get a hold of yourself.
00:53:23Here you are.
00:53:28What's that crazy laughing?
00:53:31Where's Jack? I want to get out of here.
00:53:33They'll pick you up and hang you if you don't pipe down.
00:53:36I want to see Jack.
00:53:38Jack.
00:53:40I want to see Jack.
00:53:43Jack.
00:53:43You'd better quiet him. I can't do anything with him.
00:53:56I've got to see Jack.
00:53:59We can't let that kid hang.
00:54:01He'll be here. Don't worry. He'll be here in a little while.
00:54:11I've got to see him.
00:54:12You've got to see him.
00:54:13Come on, darling. Everything will be over soon.
00:54:27Come on, darling. Everything will be over soon.
00:54:36Do you want me to play something for you?
00:54:39Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Play something.
00:54:41All right. Come on.
00:54:46Sit down.
00:54:47Honey.
00:54:53Give me a smoke, will you?
00:54:54After him.
00:55:24Faster.
00:55:27Play faster.
00:55:32Faster.
00:55:37Play faster.
00:55:40Faster.
00:55:42Faster.
00:55:43Faster.
00:55:45Faster.
00:55:47Faster.
00:55:48Faster.
00:55:50ane Maris.
00:55:53Blessed
00:56:02I know what you want.
00:56:23You want to kill me.
00:56:26You're crazy.
00:56:29Take it easy, kid.
00:56:30I 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.
00:57:00Stop it.
00:57:19Stop it.
00:57:19Take your hand off me.
00:57:22Stop it.
00:57:23Take your hand off me.
00:57:25Stop it.
00:57:26Stop it.
00:57:27Oh, hi.
00:57:39You and Jack, sorry.
00:57:40Are you ready to tell what you know?
00:57:42Yes.
00:57:43Oh, hi.
00:57:45Oh, hi.
00:57:45Oh, hi.
00:57:46Oh, hi.
00:57:46Oh, hi.
00:57:47Oh, hi.
00:57:47Oh, hi.
00:57:48Oh, hi.
00:57:48Oh, hi.
00:57:48Oh, hi.
00:57:49Oh, hi.
00:57:49Oh, hi.
00:57:50Oh, hi.
00:57:50Oh, hi.
00:57:51Oh, hi.
00:57:52Oh, hi.
00:57:53Oh, hi.
00:57:54Oh, hi.
00:57:55Oh, hi.
00:57:56Oh, hi.
00:57:57Oh, hi.
00:57:58Oh, hi.
00:57:59Oh, hi.
00:58:00Oh, hi.
00:58:01Oh, hi.
00:58:02Oh, hi.
00:58:03Oh, hi.
00:58:04Oh, hi.
00:58:05Oh, hi.
00:58:06Oh, hi.
00:58:07Oh, hi.
00:58:08Oh, hi.
00:58:09Oh, hi.
00:58:10Oh, hi.
00:58:11Oh, hi.
00:58:12The End
00:58:42If we can gain some measure of leniency from my client,
00:58:53she is prepared to enter a plea of guilty
00:58:55and, in addition, turn in 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. I 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.
00:59:12It was Jack.
00:59:13Jack Perry.
00:59:14He shot Mary, and then he put the gun in Bill's hand.
00:59:18We were all up to the apartment one afternoon,
00:59:20and Mary came in looking for her brother.
00:59:23Bill and I, we'd been in another room.
00:59:26And Bill came in, and he caught Ralph with Mary,
00:59:29and they started to fight.
00:59:30But 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 saw it.
00:59:40I can see it now.
00:59:42It was horrible.
00:59:44And, before he knew her,
00:59:48Mary, Mary was dead.
00:59:50But, you see, Judge,
00:59:56Bill didn't know he hadn't killed Mary.
00:59:58He was so doped up,
01:00:00they made him think he had.
01:00:02Ralph wanted to tell you, too.
01:00:05Oh, if they don't, they let him.
01:00:08But this is the truth, Judge.
01:00:09I'm telling you the truth.
01:00:11After Jack thought of praying, he was dead.
01:00:15He put the gun in Bill's hands.
01:00:18It was Jack's fault.
01:00:21And it was my fault, too.
01:00:24I got all of them to come up to the apartment.
01:00:29I'm just as much to blame.
01:00:32I am.
01:00:34I am.
01:00:35Do I understand you wish to plead guilty
01:00:38to a charge of fostering moral delinquency
01:00:41in the case of William Harper?
01:00:43Yes, yes, I'm guilty.
01:00:45I am.
01:00:48Prepare a statement for signature.
01:00:50And also an order setting aside the jury's verdict
01:00:53in the case of the people versus William Harper.
01:00:59In the interests of justice,
01:01:01I shall direct a verdict of not guilty.
01:01:05Sign here, please.
01:01:16You shall be brought into court
01:01:36on Thursday the 17th
01:01:39when sentence will be pronounced.
01:01:41Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness
01:01:43in the case of the people versus Ralph Wiley.
01:01:47And finally, I'll trade aff santificantly.
01:01:58Please aside.
01:02:01Let's see.
01:02:02Let's take them.
01:02:11Listen to me.
01:02:13Stephen Strangler.
01:02:14They're told you.
01:02:15THE END
01:02:45THE END
01:03:15WHOSE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY
01:03:17WILL FOREVER REMAIN WITH ME
01:03:19I AM HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN ENABLED
01:03:21BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE
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 OF JUSTICE
01:03:36WE CANNOT CONDONE YOUR ACTS
01:03:40AND WE CAN EXPRESS ONLY THE HOPE
01:03:43THAT YOUR EXPERIENCES
01:03:44MAY NOT ALONE KEEP YOU
01:03:46BUT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
01:03:48FROM 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 WILL 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
01:04:13BILL
01:04:30YOUR HONOR
01:04:33IN THIS CASE
01:04:34THE 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
01:04:46COUNSEL
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
01:04:53SEEM 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
01:05:05TO SAY
01:05:05THAT IN YOUR HANDS
01:05:06LIES THE POSSIBILITY
01:05:08OF AVERTING
01:05:09OTHER TRAGEDIES
01:05:10LIKE IT
01:05:10WE MUST WORK
01:05:12UNTIRINGLY
01:05:13SO THAT OUR CHILDREN
01:05:14ARE OBLIGED
01:05:15TO LEARN THE TRUTH
01:05:16BECAUSE IT IS ONLY
01:05:17THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
01:05:18THAT WE CAN
01:05:19SAFELY PROTECT THEM
01:05:21FAILING THIS
01:05:22THE NEXT TRAGEDY
01:05:24MAY BE THAT
01:05:25OF YOUR DAUGHTER
01:05:26OR YOUR SON
01:05:28OR YOURS
01:05:29OR YOURS
01:05:31OR YOURS
01:05:33OTHER TRAGEDY
01:05:36THE UNIVERSITY
01:05:39I AM
01:05:40OTHER TRAGEDY
01:05:42I AM
01:05:43.
01:05:45.
01:05:46.
01:05:48.
01:05:50.
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