The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

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.

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

30 min

Cast:

Michael Palin, Barbara New, John Barrett

Quality:

HD

Director:

Jim Franklin

Release:

1977

Country:

United Kingdom

Rating:

8.5