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)
Featured review
Beware bad film quality!
If you've seen "Reefer Madness", you can skip "Cocaine Fiends/Pace That Kills". The same overblown scare tactics used in "Reefer Madness" are tried again here, but to limited success. At least "Madness" showed what marijuana looked like; cocaine is mentioned and abused but never actually shown. The same old plot of "good kids turned bad by dope" is re-hashed, but not as directly as in other films, so it gets talky when it shouldn't. The first taste of a drug apparently turns you into a monstrous irresponsible waste of humanity, or a "hop head" as the main character laments. Besides exaggerating consequences to the nth degree, "Fiends" has editing that makes you seasick. Characters simply vanish between film splices and cars appear out of nowhere. It's not funny, it's annoying. Although I'm not in favor of drug use at all, it's fun to see something subvert straightlaced black-and-white America. Anarchists will love this movie, but everyone else will find it rather dull.
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- moonisgod
- Jul 4, 2000
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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