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Dwain Esper
Director 1894 - 1982

Dwain Esper

Washington, USA

Dwain Atkins Esper (October 7, 1894 – October 18, 1982) was an American director and producer known for his work in the exploitation genre during the 1930's.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

3 titles
Marihuana

Marihuana

Dwain Esper 1936 57m

A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married.

Maniac

Maniac

Dwain Esper 1934 51m 6.0

An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.

Narcotic

Narcotic

Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't 1933 57m 7.0

A once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival freak show, and drugs parties.

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