The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-09-22
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jim Franklin
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Michael Palin as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
- Barbara New as Mrs. Olthwaite
- John Barrett as Mr. Olthwaite
- Anita Carey as Irene Olthwaite
- Liz Smith as Mrs. Bag
- Reg Lye as Mr. Bag
- Petra Markham as Enid Bag
- Kenneth Colley as Robber
- Roger Avon as Chauffeur
- Clifford Kershaw as Mayor
- Norman Mitchell as 1st Pressman
- Anthony Smee as 2nd Pressman
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