- Actors: William Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller, Thea Ramsey
- Directors: Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't
- Writers: Hildegarde Stadie, A.J. Karnopp
- Producers: Dwain Esper, Hildegarde Stadie, Louis Sonney
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Ims
- VHS Release Date: 11 Feb 2002
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0000558R6
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,303 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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This is a really odd old film from the 30s and is actually quite interesting if you are into those kind of films such as Frankenstein and dracula of the same era.
a must see if you like rare horror movies*****
a must see if you like rare horror movies*****
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The biography of William Davies - physician, inventor, addict
24 Aug 2008
NARCOTIC was scripted by Hildegarde Stadie (she's an extra in the waiting room scene) from events in her own life. As a youngster, Stadie toured as part of a medicine show where her great uncle, Dr. William Davies sold a tonic called Tiger Fat. Uncle Bill was an addict himself, as we learn in this story of his sad life. Davies' promising medical career was ruined by addiction to heroin, pills and weed; his downward spiral ended only with suicide by pistol.
The elixir Davies created and sold on the street (to raise money for his ever-increasing habit) contained an opiate that turned those who ingested it into addicts, too. There's graphic scenes here of opium and cocaine preparation and use, including via injection. Stadie's husband, drector Dwain Esper employs some unusual camera angles, and edits in occasional bizarre stock footage (a car crash, snakes, etc.) to tell a sometimes pro- sometimes anti-drug story.
FREAKS (1932) is probably the best known movie Dwain Esper was associated with. (VHS edition)
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.
(2.9) Narcotic (1933) - Harry Cording/Joan Dix/Patricia Farley/Jean Lacy/J. Stuart Blackton Jr./Paul Panzer/Miami Alvarez
The elixir Davies created and sold on the street (to raise money for his ever-increasing habit) contained an opiate that turned those who ingested it into addicts, too. There's graphic scenes here of opium and cocaine preparation and use, including via injection. Stadie's husband, drector Dwain Esper employs some unusual camera angles, and edits in occasional bizarre stock footage (a car crash, snakes, etc.) to tell a sometimes pro- sometimes anti-drug story.
FREAKS (1932) is probably the best known movie Dwain Esper was associated with. (VHS edition)
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.
(2.9) Narcotic (1933) - Harry Cording/Joan Dix/Patricia Farley/Jean Lacy/J. Stuart Blackton Jr./Paul Panzer/Miami Alvarez
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