Knights Electric (1980)

This 24-minute short film from director Barney Broom finds four mouthy motorbike-riding punk lads (Daniel Peacock, Pete Lee-Wilson, Jon Eden and Mark Draper) on a night out in Great Yarmouth.

They repeatedly harass a group of attractive girls (Cindy Day, Jenny Bonada, Tiffany Brown and Jeanette Neely), antagonise the other holiday-makers and generally cause trouble in an amusement park – along with some classic “nutty boy” dancing by the Waltzer (pictured).

But they find themselves thwarted at every turn by the “Knights Electric” – a quartet of silent, sharply dressed spectral Gary Numan/Kraftwerk clones (Peter Harvey, Ziggy B Summers, Mark Scott and Eddie Riseman) – who drive a big white Cadillac and eventually get the girls.

Essentially a long music video with very little in the way of plot, it’s a bright, colourful, glossy and visually impressive widescreen film with a soundtrack including songs from Madness, Martha & The Muffins, The Pretenders, Blondie and The Ruts.

The short film was screened in British cinemas as a support to both Brimstone and Treacle and Inseminoid.

Punk leader
Pete Lee-Wilson
2nd punk
Jon Eden
3rd punk
Mark Draper
4th punk
Daniel Peacock
Blonde girl
Cindy Day
2nd girl
Jenny Bonada
3rd girl
Tiffany Brown
4th girl
Jeanette Neely
Driver – Knights Electric
Peter Harvey
No. 2 – Knights Electric
Ziggy B. Summers
No. 3 – Knights Electric
Mark Scott
No. 4 – Knights Electric
Eddie Riseman

Director
Barney Broom

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