Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Cocaine Fiends (1935)


Willis Kent Productions
Directed by William A. O'Connor
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
(VHS, Meda Home Entertainment)

Innocent girl working in a roadside cafe falls for a gangster on the run. He seduces her with "headache powder", actually cocaine, to which she becomes addicted. In the city, she falls further into  decadence as his moll while he gets other customers hooked. Melodrama avoids being preachy, but still not very believable. As it is, might be ok as "so bad it's good" entertainment, especially if paired with the better known Reefer Madness. 

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