Don't Touch (1970)

★★★★ · Not Seen in Urban Areas... · OPG4711 · 2006-05-12

I remember seeing these movies and posters in grade school in the Midwest and, although the nearest quarry was 50 miles away, we were always looking for those dangerous blasting caps supposedly laying around everywhere like cigarette butts! Now that I'm an adult, I found that the "Blasting Cap Phobia" really only gripped rural areas. I doubt this film was ever shown to a kid in Chicago, Los Angeles or New York City! If you're a child of the cities, you owe it to yourself to watch this! The "Explosives Professional" can't even handle his helmet let alone his canned speech! It's a blast to…

★★★ · Blasting Cap Squad to the Rescue! · Christine Hennig · 2005-08-30

This is another film about the dangers of blasting caps, this time targeting teens and taking place during the 70s. A kid finds a blasting cap, and even though he doesnÃÂÃÂt know what it is, he thinks it would be a good idea to hook it up to the radio heÃÂÃÂs building (whereÃÂÃÂs Dick York when you need him?). Fortunately, he has a friend who remembers seeing a poster warning about blasting caps at school. The friend calls the police, who send out a guy in a red car, labeled ÃÂÃÂEXPLOSIVES,ÃÂÃÂ who verrry carefully puts the blasting cap in a metal strongbox and then shows the kids a video…