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heroin addiction

posted 18 years ago by alccls
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Is this the first time a film has really dealt with heroin addiction? It seems rather bold for its time.

i dont know, but i wouldnt say it is to bold for the 60s

It isn't the first film to deal with heroin addiction, because that honor would probably go to Otto Preminger's 1955 classic "The Man With The Golden Arm", starring Frank Sinatra (Feel free to correct me). However, this is definitely an earlier film dealing with heroin addiction.

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[–] stephentbailey 18 years ago

There is a heroin addict in Easy Street by Charlie Chaplin, made in the 1910s. But it's only on the screen briefly, so I don't know if you'd count it.