The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

(1977)

★ 8.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1977

Runtime: 30 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Jim Franklin

Cast: Майкл Пейлин, Barbara New, John Barrett, Anita Carey, Liz Smith, Reg Lye, Petra Markham, Кеннет Колли, Roger Avon, Clifford Kershaw

Plot

Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.