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Overview
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much to his father's regret. Loosely based on the allegations that the Coca-Cola company and other soft drink manufacturers laced their soda with dope.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 21, 1912
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Cast
- Dorothy Bernard,William Bechtel,Charles Hill Mailes,Edna Foster,Walter Hiers,Ynez Seabury,Christy Cabanne,Edward Dillon,Grace Henderson,Robert Harronand 9 more
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- Emmett C. Hall
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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