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The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 22, 1977

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Director

Jim Franklin

Description

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.