Monkey on the Back
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 streaming video (29 min., 27 sec.) : sound, black and white
remote
access - Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2016.
- Copyright: ♭1956
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Available to subscribers only. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director, Julian Biggs ; editing, Julian Biggs ; producer, Grant McLean ; script, Gordon Burwash ; photography, John Foster ; sound, Claude Pelletier. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Cast, Paul Soles, Bruno Gerussi. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded 1956. |
Target Audience Note: | 14-18. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Awards Note: | Honourable Mention - Category: TV - Information, 1956 |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05). |
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Subject: | Addiction -- Dramatizations -- Drug addicts Drug addiction |
Genre: | Fiction films. |
Topic Heading: | National Film Board > National Film Board Collection |
Electronic resources
Summary:
This documentary drama, based on the real-life experiences of a drug addict, not only portrays the terrible consequences of the misuse of narcotics but presents the general problem of addiction and, particularly, of the addict as an individual. Dick Smith lost everything valued most in life because of his craving for the narcotics which finally killed him. In relating the story of his attempts to break the habit, the film reveals the essential nature of addiction as both a social and a human problem.