Marihuana (film)

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Marihuana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dwain Esper
Produced by	Dwain Esper Hildegarde Stadie (uncredited)
Written by	Hildegarde Stadie
Starring	Harley Wood Hugh McArthur Pat Carlyle Paul Ellis Dorothy Dehn Richard Erskine Juanita Fletcher Hal Taggart Gloria Browne
Cinematography	Roland Price
Editing by	Carl Himm
Distributed by	Roadshow Attractions Inc.
Release date(s)	May, 1936
Running time	57 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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for the 1950 Argentine film see Marihuana (1950 film)

Marihuana is a 1936 exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, and written by Esper's wife, Hildegarde Stadie.

[edit] Plot

The anti-drug propaganda tells the story of a good girl named Burma who goes to a party, smokes marijuana, and winds up going skinny-dipping with her girl friends. When one of the girls drowns, the dope pushers come up with a plan to hide the body. A turn of events leads up to Burma being pregnant and unmarried. She is forced to give the child up for adoption and become a drug dealer. In the film's "twist" ending, Burma hatches a plan to kidnap her sister's adopted daughter. As it turns out, the child is, in fact, her own.

[edit] Trivia

The motion picture is credited among a list of notable cult films for being included in a past public film showing at the annual Mid atlantic nostalgia convention in Aberdeen, Maryland.