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"She Shoulda Said No!"
She Shoulda Said No! (also known as Wild Weed; The Devil's Weed; Marijuana, the Devil's Weed; and The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket) is a 1949 exploitation film that follows in the spirit of morality tales such as the 1936 films Reefer Madness and Marihuana. Directed by Sam Newfield (using the pseudonym "Sherman Scott") and starring Lila Leeds, it was originally produced to capitalize on the arrest of Leeds and Robert Mitchum on a charge of marijuana conspiracy.
Plot
Leeds' character is "Anne Lester", a young orphan trying to pay for her brother's college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends. She then goes to a "tea party", where she tries the drug for the first time. She is unaffected by the initial experiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to use it willingly.
More details
author | Arthur Hoerl |
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director | Sam Newfield |
editor | Richard C. Currier Seth Larsen |
genre | crime drama social |
keywords | arrest clean up drug dealer drug rehabilitation drug use first time meet new job psychiatric hospital psychiatric ward psychiatric wards selling drugs sexual promiscuity tea party |
musicBy | Raoul Kraushaar |
producer | Kroger Babb |
publisher | Hygienic Productions Modern Film Distributors |
theme | educational exploitation |