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Reefer Madness

1936 film directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Movie Film Q1547202
Reefer Madness
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
film
Director
Louis J. Gasnier[2]
Genre
exploitation film, drama film, propaganda film, crime film[5][6][7][8]
Publication date
1936
Followed by
Sex Madness[9]
Screenwriter
Paul Franklin[3]
Producer
Dwain Esper[22]
Duration
+65
Aspect ratio (W:H)
4:3
Cast member
Dorothy Short, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White, Carleton Young, Bobby Burns, Edward LeSaint, Frank O'Connor, Lester Dorr, Marin Sais, Richard Alexander, Walter McGrail[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Color
color, black-and-white
Composer
Hugo Riesenfeld[4]
Copyright status
public domain
Country of origin
United States
Director of photography
Jack Greenhalgh[23]
Distributed by
Netflix, Hulu
Distribution format
video on demand
FSK film rating
FSK 0
Film editor
Carl Pierson
Original language of film or TV show
English[24]
Review score
4.5/10, 39%
Title
Reefer Madness
🏷️ Also known as
en The Burning Question en Reefer Madness en Tell Your Children en Dope Addict en Doped Youth en Love Madness da Tell Your Children de Tell Your Children es Locura de la marihuana es Digan a sus niños es Tell Your Children fr Touchez pas à la chnouf it Tell Your Children ja リーファー・マッドネス 麻薬中毒者の狂気 ru Косяковое безумие ru Расскажите своим детям sv Tell Your Children zh 大麻煙瘋潮
🔖 Identifiers · 59
VIAF cluster ID
230992416
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no00054314
ACMI ID
works/85559
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID
7885
AllMovie title ID
v40777
Allcinema film ID
324462
AlloCiné film ID
74464
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.5g5e5rgo0w0js5ublt5cn2qb1
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
24146
Dailymotion video ID
x3p4lel
Daum movie ID
87946
Douban film ID
1763284
Show all 59 identifiers +47
Dvdcompare.net film ID
7977
EIDR content ID
10.5240/9975-557D-919A-0958-3AF1-S
ElFilm film ID
28294
Elonet movie ID
1097602
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme)
1MV994bf9d951ef94480184540496044595
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/reefer-madness
FilmAffinity film ID
875695
FilmVandaag ID
film/23493
Filmfront film ID (archived)
41932
Filmová databáze film ID
81323
Filmweb.no film ID
96209
Filmweb.pl film ID
105983
Freebase ID
/m/098qzh
Hulu movie ID
46ea0a34-968d-40e2-aad2-49f886ac5b08
IMCDB work ID
28346
IMDb ID
tt0028346
ISAN
0000-0003-B128-0000-T-0000-0000-O
ITunes movie ID
1.4B (806.4M–1.4B, n=3)
Internet Archive ID
reefer_madness1938, reefer_madness1938_201508, reefer_madness_ipod, ReeferMadness_479
Kanopy ID
5421849
Kinobox film ID
170538
Kinopoisk film ID
79499
LUMIERE film ID
174815
LdiF ID
65555
Letterboxd film ID
tell-your-children-1936
Metacritic ID
movie/reefer-madness
MovieLens movie ID
7222
MovieMeter film ID
16398
Moviepilot.de film ID
tell-your-children
Netflix ID
898545
NientePopCorn movie ID
tell-your-children
OFDb film ID
34519
OMDb film ID
65143
Plex media key
5d776d127a53e9001e750145
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/reefer_madness
Schnittberichte.com title ID
15007
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived)
87909
TMDB movie ID
37833
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
115592
TV.com ID (archived)
movies/reefer-madness
TheTVDB movie ID
18487
TheaterEncyclopedie ID
01944072-e198-7332-abbd-8a5e34302ae9
Trakt.tv ID
movies/tell-your-children-1938
Trakt.tv film ID
24306
Unconsenting Media ID
11387
YouTube video ID
0u-yLPMS0xY, T5dXZOwgios
ČSFD film ID
82543

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 11
Dave O'Brien, Marin Sais, Richard Alexander, Edward LeSaint, Walter McGrail, Bobby Burns, Carleton Young, Dorothy Short +3 more
Genre 4
drama film, crime film, exploitation film, propaganda film
Distributed by 2
Netflix, Hulu
Aspect ratio (W:H) 1
4:3
Color 1
black-and-white
Composer 1
Hugo Riesenfeld
Copyright status 1
public domain
Country of origin 1
United States
Director 1
Louis J. Gasnier
Director of photography 1
Jack Greenhalgh
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Carl Pierson
Followed by 1
Sex Madness
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Sex Madness
Instance of 1
film
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Producer 1
Dwain Esper
Screenwriter 1
Paul Franklin
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Summary

Reefer Madness is a film[1].

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Publication

Reefer Madness was published on January 1, 1936[25]. It was distributed by video on demand[26].

Reception

Reviews include 4.5/10[27] and 39%[28].

Related Entities

film Netflix public domain United States

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  1. 7w ago · Túrelio · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → Reefer madness1938.webm
    "Changed claim: Video: Reefer madness1938.webm, (GR) Duplicate: Reefer Madness.webm → Reefer madness1938.webm Exact or scaled-down du"
  2. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IMCDB work ID → 28346
    "Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 28346, batch #269964"
  3. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 81323
    "Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 81323, batch #269266"
  4. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → 1936
    Screenwriter → Paul Franklin
    Duration → 65
    Aspect ratio (W:H) → 4:3
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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