Seven Green Bottles (Short 1975)

Seven Green Bottles: Directed by Eric Marquis. With Mark Gregory, Geoffrey Coleman, George Harkins, Terry Argyle. Seven wayward juveniles (the “Green Bottles” of the title) spend their days truanting and thieving. One by one they are caught and made to face the consequences of the choices they have made. An educational film apparently made in association with the Metropolitan Police and intended to be shown in schools as a warning to those who might be tempted to stray from the straight and narrow. Included as an extra on the DVD for Bronco Bullfrog (1971).

“I was shown this film by the police at my School in Potters Bar in 1986.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt has stuck with me ever since in the same way that some those old public information films did that warned of the dangers of playing near power lines etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat i really liked was the fact that despite when i watched it, it was only 11 years old but everything had changed completely, the fashion, the cars, the way the kids spoke…everything! the other thing i liked was that as a bit of a rebel at that age i could really relate to and quite admired the bad behaviour in this film (precisely the opposite effect the police who showed the film were looking for).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI really hope this film becomes available in the future.”