The Bottle and the Throttle

1968
10m

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The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated to a teenager returning from a beach party, where he had "one too many beach beers," and runs over a young mother and her child.

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- Timothy Farrell

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5.2/10

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Star
- Timothy Farrell

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Timothy Farrell

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Trivia
This color short is a different film, but is sometimes confused with the 1961 black-and-white short film with the exact same title, The Bottle and the Throttle (1961). They are both on the same topic and both made by Sid Davis Productions.

Quotes
Narrator: As the percentage of alcohol begins to build up in the blood stream, the first part of your nervous system to be affected is your judgment center located in the frontal lobe of the brain. This is the area of the brain that determines right from wrong.

Crazy credits
After the Sid Davis Productions logo and film title, the only other credit is the following acknowledgment: "Produced with the cooperation of the WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT".

Connections
Edited into Drug Stories! Narcotic Nightmares and Hallucinogenic Hellrides (2018)

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Farrell...The One and Only

Bottle and the Throttle, The (1968)

*** (out of 4)

Sid Davis produced this scare film that tries to show teenagers the dangers of driving. In the short a man and his girlfriend leave a beach party after only two beers and end up hitting a mother and her young child. Timothy Farrell (GLEN OR GLENDA?) narrates this short and while I was expecting something campy the movie actually turned out to be pretty well made. You might get a chuckle out of the clothe styles or even the old fashioned beer cans but for the most part the film is well made and gets it message across. There's some animated footage used to show what alcohol does to the body and this too was well done. I've seen quite a few of these type of films and I must say this one did a very good job at breaking down what alcohol can do to the body. Farrell will be known by "Z" movie fans for such stuff as GLEN OR GLENDA?, JAIL BAIT, THE DEVIL'S SLEEP and TEST TUBE BABIES. This here was his last work in film.