****SPOILERS*** Working as a dancer at the Saint Perrier nightclub pretty blond Anne Lester, Lila Leeds,wants to earn enough money to pay her kid brother Bob's, David Holt, collage tuition. It when local drug dealer Markey, Alan Baxter, checks out the joint for new talent, or future drug addicts, he spots Anne and starts to work on her. That's by telling her that she can make far more money as a party thrower for him and his boss Johnathan Treanor, Michael Whalen, then as a dancing girl at the club. Both Markey and Treanor have been laying low of late in that a number of teenagers whom they supplied with pot ended up dead and severely injured in a drug induced car accident.Becoming part of the Treanor drug gang at first things are very peachy for Anne who's making big bucks in attracting new clients,or junkies, for them until her kid brother Bob shows up unexpectedly at the house and finds her strung out on pot. From then on everything goes down hill for Anne with Bob later committing suicide, by hanging himself, in his shock of seeing his big sister ending up as a pot head as well as drug dealer. It's not that long that Anne herself ends up convicted of drug possession and is sent to a drug rehabilitation center to both dry out as well as see the light in how she's not only destroying herself but those abound her. ***SPOILERS*** Getting out ten days earlier for good behavior Anne is now given a chance by the kindly and understanding vice squad Captain Hayes, Lyle Tolbot, to work undercover and get the goods on her employers Markey & Treanor as well as big mob boss Romaro and put then out of commission and behind bars for good. But by agreeing in doing that Anne is also putting her life on the line as well.P.S Actress Lila Leeds was very well suited in her role in the movie as pot smoker Lila Lester in that just a year before she was busted together with actor Robert Mitchum among others in a midnight raid by the L.A vice squad during a an all night pot smoking party.

This story of 'tea' and 'tomatoes' purports to boast an 'All Star Hollywood Cast', but even if you're a follower of films from the 1930's and '40's, I don't think you'll recognize a single name in the credits. Maybe Lyle Talbot, who's screen credits total nearly three hundred roles, but after that I think you'd be hard pressed to recognize another actor in the picture. Except for Jack Elam in one of his very first screen roles; he actually was a rather good looking guy back then. That might have been the single treat in the film for me.It's curious how all of these exploitation films wind up with a handful of different titles. I saw this picture under the name "She Shoulda' Said No", and just like the classic cult film "Reefer Madness", it tells the story of youth run wild after falling victim to the evil terrors of marihuna (sometimes spelled marijuana as a closing segment informs us). It's hard to take seriously today of course, and I really wish there were some folks around from the era who could tell us first hand how these flicks were received back in the day.I have to say, I was really distracted by Alan Baxter's portrayal of the local pusher Markey. He's a dead ringer for a young Jack Nicholson, and if I didn't know better, I would have been checking the credits to see if it was him or not. Another weird thing was the use of that eerie sci-fi/Twilight Zone type music whenever folks on screen were shown puffing on the dreaded weed. You know, I had to laugh when I saw the "I'm gonna die' guy under the influence. It reminded me of the very first and just about only time I tried pot myself. It was in an apartment that lost it's heat in the winter, and my best friend was convinced he was going to freeze to death. I wasn't as hysterical as Rita and her friends, but I thought it was all pretty funny at the time.I had a curious thought about mid-way through the picture. Wouldn't it be great if the Coen Brothers took the idea of these exploitation flicks and made one of their own? You could really get some mileage out of characters portrayed by John Tuturro, Jon Polito, and Steve Buscemi. Jack Nicholson might be a little too old for this sort of stuff, but I think a cameo would be just the right touch. I think he would be up for it.

1st watched 2/19/2007 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Sherman Scott): Over-the-top marijuana educational film goes way beyond it's earlier predecessor's with an obvious bigger budget but having the same results. Please -- get a life people!! Stop making these silly movies and bust the offenders instead!! I absolutely hate these government funded opportunities to make bad movies. In this one, a dancer is turned onto the drug at a party as she's trying to get her brother thru college. She's promised lots more money from the seller and is enticed into his world where only heartbreak occurs instead. Her brother kills himself and she blames herself, and her reason for staying in the business is now more self-induced. She is eventually picked up by the cops with the rest of her friends, spends some time in jail where she freaks out but doesn't reveal the seller and his whereabouts. The rest of the movie I won't reveal in case you want to see it. There are some special effects thrown in on this movie but otherwise it's very similar to it's earlier exploitation movies about the horrors of the drug. Too bad the money to make this movie wasn't spent on something more useful, like rehab for users etc

This film was originally called "Wild Weed." The star of the film is Lila Leeds, a promising starlet who had very minor roles in earlier films, but achieved worldwide notoriety when she was arrested along with Robert Mitchum and other for smoking pot in 1948. She spent several months in jail, and when she was released this was one of the few film roles she was able to get. On the contrary, Robert Mitchum, who was also arrested, came back to resume a hotter then ever film career.Leeds is beautiful, a sort of young Marilyn Monroe lookalike. The film is not one of the better "exploitation" films, but is notable for its cast of authentic Hollywood actors, though they were at this point well past their prime. Perennial B-movie actor Lyle Talbot, Alan Baxter and Michael Whalen, among other round out the cast.