A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."
Sheila Bromley
- Fanny
- (as Sheila Manners)
Charles Delaney
- Dan - the Detective - Dorothy's Boyfriend
- (as Chas. Delaney)
Fay Holden
- Madame - Henchwoman
- (as Gaby Fay)
Dick Botiller
- Gangster
- (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
- Drunk in Nightclub
- (uncredited)
Eva McKenzie
- Mrs. Perkins
- (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
- Mrs. Grady - Landlady
- (uncredited)
Hal Price
- Bing - the Detective
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Fanny and Eddie go to the club, Fanny points out "Shirley Claire, the famous actress" and the shot is followed by two stock footage inserts from another film, showing a young man talking to a pretty young woman while seated at a table. This footage is actually from the original The Pace That Kills (1928), and the actress shown was the one who played the original Fanny. So essentially, in this scene, Fanny points to herself.
- GoofsEven though the original title was "The Cocaine Fiends" , and cocaine is the main plot point, no one is ever actually shown doing the drug on screen (every time someone goes for a line, the film cuts to a shot of the dealer watching with glee that he has a new customer/victim).
- Crazy creditsOpening statement: Among the many evils against which society struggles, one of the most vicious is the traffic in dope . . in every community where the menace developes all the forces which society can mobilize, including social agencies, doctors, law enforcement officials and government band together to stamp it out . . . . . . Without such activity the dope evil would run rampant. Yet it has long been recognized that one other powerful force is necessary before the struggle can be completely successful. That force is an aroused and educated public awareness. It is in the hope of aiding in developing such awareness that this picture has been produced. What happens to Jane Bradford may happen to anyone. There will always be "Jane Bradfords" until you, Mr. Citizen, co-operate with the forces now fighting the dope evil to forever stamp it out in our land. --The Management.
- ConnectionsEdited into Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)
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My first 1930's drugsploitation flick
This was the first of those 1930s drug-scare exploitation movie I ever saw. I hadn't even seen Reefer Madness. I just knew a little about the genre and figured this would be an amusing little romp.
Well, it wasn't exactly. At points it was funny, but mostly it was boring and slow. It did provide a fairly candid view of every day American life in the thirties. Since the makers of this film clearly didn't have the finances that MGM or Universal lavished on their pictures, there aren't any striking Art Deco sets of Adrian gowns. Speaking of which, the set's are some of the most stark and unconvincing pieces of dressing ever to go before a movie camera. And, since the filmmakers probably didn't even have the kind of money that Continental or Majestic spent, you have to wonder if this movie wasn't shot the way Little Shop of Horrors was. I think of that roadhouse set and wonder "What lost and forgotten B movie was that really built for?"
A note of interest: Do you know that scene in Wizard of Oz where everybody's getting sproused up and some attractive supporting actress sings "We can make a dimpled smile out of a frown"? Well, that chick is the star of The Pace That Kills! Her name is Lois January and she's not a bad actress either.
Well, it wasn't exactly. At points it was funny, but mostly it was boring and slow. It did provide a fairly candid view of every day American life in the thirties. Since the makers of this film clearly didn't have the finances that MGM or Universal lavished on their pictures, there aren't any striking Art Deco sets of Adrian gowns. Speaking of which, the set's are some of the most stark and unconvincing pieces of dressing ever to go before a movie camera. And, since the filmmakers probably didn't even have the kind of money that Continental or Majestic spent, you have to wonder if this movie wasn't shot the way Little Shop of Horrors was. I think of that roadhouse set and wonder "What lost and forgotten B movie was that really built for?"
A note of interest: Do you know that scene in Wizard of Oz where everybody's getting sproused up and some attractive supporting actress sings "We can make a dimpled smile out of a frown"? Well, that chick is the star of The Pace That Kills! Her name is Lois January and she's not a bad actress either.
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- Kieran_Kenney
- Aug 1, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Cocaine Fiends
- Filming locations
- Twin Barrels Drive-In Restaurant - 7228 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA(drive-in restaurant - no longer extant)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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