The Marihuana Story

The Marihuana Story
The Marihuana Story
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	León Klimovsky
Written by	Wilfredo Jiménez; Bernio Mason
Produced by	Carmelo Vecchione
Starring	Pedro López Lagar and Fanny Navarro
Cinematography	Alberto Etchebehere
Edited by	José Serra
Music by	Juan Lhert and Anatole Pietri
Release date	27 September 1950;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

The Marihuana Story (Spanish: Marihuana) is a 1950 Argentine film directed by León Klimovsky. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

The film is about how the life of a respected surgeon progressively worsens after his wife, a marijuana addict, dies.^[2]

Cast

Pedro López Lagar – Dr. Pablo Urioste
Fanny Navarro – Marga Quiroga
Golde Flami – Aída
Nathán Pinzón – Sopita
Eduardo Cuitiño – Gang Boss
Alberto de Mendoza – Lt. DeLuca
Gilberto Peyret – Inspector Olivera
Roberto Durán – Diego
Héctor Quintanilla – Chevrolet
Pilar Gómez – Amelia
Angel Prio
Cecilia Ingenieros
Elsa Márquez
Juan Carrara
Jesús Pampín – Hombre en congreso
Alberto Rinaldi
Alberto Barcel – Dr, Piñeyro
Warly Ceriani – Director
Mauricio Espósito
Leticia Lando
Gloria Castilla
Domingo Mania – Dr. Portal
Juan Fava
Adolfo Laurie
China Navarro
Osvaldo Cabrera
Rafael Diserio – Dueno de boite
Jorge Villoldo – Portero
Alfredo Almanza

Production

The relative financial success of the American exploitation film She Shoulda Said 'No'! (1949), a morality tale involving the use of marijuana, prompted producers in 1951 to import The Marihuana Story from Argentina.^[3]

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: The Marihuana Story". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
^ The Marihuana Story (1950) - Plot - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-04 – via www.imdb.com.
^ Eric, Schaefer (1999). Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919–1959. Duke University Press. pp. 244–245. ISBN 0-8223-2374-5.