Die Drogenfalle (1958)
27KDie Drogenfalle: Directed by William Witney. With Scott Marlowe, Richard Bakalyan, Gigi Perreau, Dickie Jones. High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.
“While not quite as ridiculous as u0026quot;Reefer Madnessu0026quot;, u0026quot;The Cool and the Crazyu0026quot; is a ridiculous propaganda film designed to warn folks that marijuana kills! While filled with lies, it is quite unintentionally funny. Now my expectations for u0026quot;The Cool and the Crazyu0026quot; were low to begin with….with such a nutty title and the film coming from American International Pictures!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBenny (Scott Marlowe) is a new cool u0026#39;kidu0026#39; who arrives at some high school. I put kid in quotes because he and the rest of the students are generally in their upper 20s! Anyway, heu0026#39;s a rebel and the kids soon are won over to his coolness. Then, he introduces them to marijuana…and soon heu0026#39;s out of control and going through withdrawal because heu0026#39;s become addicted and hell-bent on self-destruction!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is packed with misinformation–the type that actually ended up encouraging kids to use pot. After all, in the film, Benny uses it and soon becomes out of control and suicidal. But when folks see that none of this really happens with folks they know who use pot, they tend to ignore and laugh at such over-the-top warnings.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo is it any good? Not really. The acting isnu0026#39;t bad and the look and style of the film are good…but the story itself is goofy and silly at times. But, it is unintentionally funny…and is worth seeing in this light.”
