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Confidential File: Barbiturates

1955•30m
TV MovieDocumentaryDrama

A filmed sequence dramatizes the problems addressed in the program: the story of a working mother addicted to barbiturates initially prescribed by her doctor.

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Production

KTTV Los Angeles

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Paul Coates

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