Desc: America on the Rocks: Directed by Frank Kavanaugh. With Robert Mitchum. Robert Mitchum, an admitted alcoholic, narrates this U.S. government short documentary on the dangers of alcoholism, delving into the reasons people drink to excess, the psychology of alcoholics, and recommendations for diminishing the scourge of alcoholism. He discounts so-called "temperance lectures" which focus only on the morality of drinking and recommends education, even for young children, to combat the problem.