For some reason, I’ve never been able to see that 1930’s anti-marijuana film, all the way to the end! I find it pretty boring to watch-so how does it end? Does that insane guy playing the piano die?
Also, did any name actors/actresses appear in this awful flick?
IMDB is your friend, insofar as seeing who was in it.
I’ve never seen it, so I can’t help you with the ending.
Fixed the coding – CKDH
SPOILER WARNING (If you don’t want the lowdown of this flicker, scram now.)
Jack is a reefer pusher who is keen on getting teenyboppers hooked on dope at Mae’s apartment - which is a juice joint for wayward teens getting a wiggle on to the sounds of a screwy ivory tickler named Hot Fingers Peronie. Mae is a dolled up flour lover who thinks the whole caper is apple sauce, but Jack has something over on her and she plays the game just fine.
Bill and Mary, who were once so swell together, start to fall to pieces because Bill hooked up with Jack and has started smoking the devil weed. Bill decides to spend more time at Mae’s joint while Mary turns into a real wet blanket and goes to play tennis instead of cutting the rug and drinking giggle water at Mae’s.
As it turns out one of Mae’s other regulars, this tomato with a nice pair of stilts named Blanche, seems to have eyes for Bill. This choice bit of calico and Bill do some floorflushing before they blow to the bedroom for a bit of nookie. Of course they think everythings Jake because they’re hopped up on dope.
Meanwhile Ralph, this blonde fella, stays parked in a chair smoking reefer in Mae’s living room laughing like it’s nobodies beeswax.
As it turns out, Mary is still goofy for Bill and decides to gatecrash the lollapalooza at Mae’s because she’s got a beef with him being there round the clock. Plus, she’s bent out of shape because some G-men showed at her pad asking about her breezer, which her brother and Jack used to hit and run an old slob in the street a few days before. She gives the G-men a line and ankles down to Mae’s.
So the dame gets there and Ralph, who thinks of himself as a real cake-eater, makes the moves on her. He breaks up the petting party and tells the other teenagers in the room to scram so he can check out Mary’s bubs. Mary gives him the icy mitt. Ralph decides to light up some reefer and pass it as a everyday ciggy to relax this skirt. Mary smokes some and takes a flight, but the banks still closed for Ralph.
At the same time Bill and Blanche have ended their blanket bugaboo and are coming down from their reefer high. Of course they both feel bugged out for having sex before getting hitched. Bill scrams the bedroom only to find Ralph forcing the moves on his old sheba. A fight begins.
Jack, who was in the kitchen with Mae, hears the ruckus and decides to give Bill what-for with the blunt end of his six shooter. The gun goes off during the hoopla, Jack smacks Bill on the melon and knocks him out cold. We find Mary got rubbed out on the couch from the stray lead.
Jack wipes down the pop gun and puts it in Bills mitts. He tells Blanche and Ralph and the other teens to scram. An old geezer in the lower apartment tips off the coppers and they find the gun with Bills mitts all over it. Bill gets pinched and gets tried for Mary’s murder. He’s found guilty.
Meanwhile, Jack has Blanche and Ralph go on the lam and tells them to dry up about the whole caper. After a few weeks Ralph goes off his nuts from the devil weed and clubs Jack with a fireplace poker. The coppers arrive again and haul everyone away.
Blanche decides to make things copacetic for Bill and gives the Judge an earfull. She’s still not ducky with the whole affair and takes a dive from the court house window.
The Judge suspends the verdict for Bill but makes him sit through Ralph’s trial. We learn Ralph is forever off his nuts from the dope and is sent to spend the rest of his years in a home for the criminally insane.
The End
That’s the best movie synopsis I’ve ever read.
That synopsis was wonderful! Where did you learn all that cool 1930’s slang?
Groovy summary, Seven. You showed those blind tigers the real deal.
Hmmm… I thought it ended where she woke up from the effects of the drug, and found that he had stabbed himself because he thought she was really dead, so she stabbed herself?
Now we’re all on the trolley.
“Because the dread Marijuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter … or yours … or YOURS!”
(That’s how the movie ends.)
I found it interesting that this movie about the “scourge” of marijuana, whose basic message was that the government needed to pass laws to control this “menace,” was first released in 1938 – one year after the passage of the Federal Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (the first Federal anti-marijuana law).
Seven, you’re the bee’s knees. What a great synopsis!
heh. thanks. I was bored
Good stuff, Seven.
If anyone is looking for their own copy of this movie, Best Buy is selling it for $4.99 with their bargain DVDs. I saw it there last night. I should have picked one up.
Dext, are you getting your Shakespeare mixed up with your 1930s propaganda films again? I know it’s easy to do…
I showed Seven’s synopsis to my husband. He’s not much of an outward laugher and he cracked up! This is Straight Dope classic material.
While I own the DVD and have watched it all the way through, Reefer Madness is a lot more fun in theory, in small doses, or when just reading its ridiculous storyline.
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There’s an updated version for 2003 (I too have a lot of free time on my hands):
Jay-Dog is a straight-up pimp who is down with getting the homiez jacked up on chronic at Moisha’s apartment - which is a club for playa’s getting down to the hype flava of DJ Hot P-Low’s beats. Moisha is a high-class ho who thinks the game is wack, but Jay-Dog has the low-down on the ho-down so she plays the game like a playa.
B-Money and Mary, who used hit it, start slippin’ because B-Money is down with Jay-Dog and has started hittin’ the chronic. B-Money’s down with hangin’ at Moisha’s crib while Mary be buggin.
As it turns out one of Moisha’s other regulars, this biatch with the gadankadank butt named Blaniqua, be checkin’ B-Money. This shortie and B-Money do some bumpin and grindin before hittin the bedroom for some knocka da boots. Of course they think everythings hype because they’re on the pipe.
Meanwhile Rico, this coldcash money hustla, stays parked in a chair smoking chronic in Moisha’s living room laughing like it’s the shit.
As it turns out, Mary is still down for B-Money and decides to bumrush the party at Moisha’s because she’s buggin’ over him being there 24-7. Plus, she’s fired up because some Five-o showed at her pad asking about her Bentley, which her brother and Jay-Dog used to roll up on some sucksa in the street a few days before. She plays the Five-O a line and hits Moisha’s.
So the ho gets there and Rico, who thinks of himself as a real playa, busts a move on her. He busts up the party and tells the other shorties in the room to blow so he can tap Mary’s ass. Mary gives him a cold dis. Rico decides to pass the blunt relax this hizzo. Mary hits it, but leaves Rico holding his dick in his hand.
At the same time B-Money and Blaniqua have just finished hittin da skins and are coming down off the chronic. Of course they both feel punked for having sex. B-Money hits the bedroom only to find Rico bustin a move on his old ho. They throw down.
Jay-Dog, who was in the kitchen with Moisha, hears the noize and decides to jack up B-Money with his ‘nine’. The gat goes off, Jay-Dog cracks B-Money upside his dome and knocks his bitch-ass out. We find Mary 187 on the couch.
Jay-Dog wipes down the gat and plants it on B-Moneys. He tells Blaniqua and Rico and the others to beat it. An old geezer in the lower apartment tips off five-o and they find the gat with B-Moneys prints all over it. B-Money gets straightup sent to the joint for Mary’s murder. Lockdown motherfucka.
Meanwhile, Jay-Dog has Blaniqua and Rico lay low and tells them to shut the fuck up about the whole business. After a few weeks Rico looses his shit from the pipe and goes OJ on Jay-Dog with a fireplace poker. Five-o arrive again and bust all their dumb asses.
Blaniqua decides to make things chill for B-Money and gets all up in the Judge’s grill. She’s still not down with the whole affair and takes a dive from the court house window.
The Judge frees B-Money like Mandella but makes him sit through Rico’s trial. We learn Rico is forever a crack head is sent to spend the rest of his years in da joint.
Peace Out
Look, Mac! This is the greatest thread ever, see? It really sends me! Now look out, Daddy-O, I gotta 23 skee-do back to the rabbit.
In the end, we discover that ‘Rosebud’ was really just his beloved, childhood roachclip.
Seven - you’re the cat’s pajamas, but -
flour-lover?
Regards,
Shodan
MsSmith, You fucking rock. I hope someone is taking notes. This shit’s da bomb!