New on Blu-ray: BRONCO BULLFROG (1970) - Debut Film By Barney Platts-Mills

Product Description: The debut film by Barney Platts-Mills—“one of the forgotten heroes of British cinema” (Matthew Sweet, BBC Radio 4)—Bronco Bullfrog is “remarkable” (Mollie Panter-Downes, The New Yorker), a “breathtaking time capsule” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian), and a “revelation” (Kieron Corless, Sight & Sound).

Seventeen-year-old Del, with no money and nowhere to go, breaks into train cars with his cool, fresh-out-of-borstal (reform school) pal Bronco Bullfrog. Then one day he meets the lovely Irene, and after getting an earful from his dad (and her mum), the young lovers run away together… but to where?

Shot in London’s East End in 1969, cast with Doc Marten–wearing “suedehead” locals and set to a dynamic soundtrack by art-rock band Audience, Bronco Bullfrog has been compared to the work of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but with a punk rock spirit. After a minuscule American release following its Edinburgh and Cannes premieres, this “lost gem” (Dave Calhoun, Time Out) returns as a cult landmark, in black and white and Cockney—with subtitles.

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Director: Barney Platts-Mills

Starring: Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd, Roy Haywood

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 86 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Seventy-Seven

Home Video Release Date: January 27, 2026

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

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Region A Blu-ray
Everybody’s An Actor, Shakespeare Said (1968, B. Platts-Mills): A 30-minute documentary charts legendary theater director Joan Littlewood’s teen acting workshops with future Bronco Bullfrog cast members
Joan Littlewood Interview (1968)
In The Company of Joan (2016, W. Richardson): A feature-length documentary about the life and work of Joan Littlewood
Barney Platts-Mills and actor Roy Haywood in Conversation: Never-before-seen Q&A moderated by critic Jason Solomons
Theatrical re-release trailer & teaser
Newly recorded commentary by Director of Photography Adam Barker-Mill
Cinema60 podcast episode on Bronco Bullfrog hosted by Bart D’Alauro and Jenna Ipcar
Booklet with two essays including a new piece by critic Christina Newland
Newly edited English SDH subtitles