The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977)

★ 8.5 0h 30m IMDb
Comedy

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.

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Michael Palin
Michael Palin as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager Age 82 · Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his tra...
Barbara New
Barbara New as Mrs. Olthwaite Died 2010 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
John Barrett
John Barrett as Mr. Olthwaite Died 1983 · Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK Rochdale born John Barrett was a veteran of over 100 films and various TV programmes in a career that stretched twenty five years from 1958 to his death in 1983..
Anita Carey
Anita Carey as Irene Olthwaite Died 2023 · Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK Anita Eileen Carey (16 April 1948 – 19 July 2023) was an English actress. She appeared in British television programmes from the 1970s, with her first notable appearances including roles in Beryl's Lo...
Liz Smith
Liz Smith as Mrs. Bag Died 2016 · Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK Betty Gleadle (December 11, 1921 – December 24, 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't K...
Reg Lye
Reg Lye as Mr. Bag Died 1988 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Reg Lye (1912-1988) was an Australian actor who worked extensively in Australia and England. He was one of the busiest Australian actors of the 1950s, appearing in the majority of locally shot feature...
Director Jim Franklin
Cast Michael Palin, Barbara New, John Barrett, Anita Carey, Liz Smith, Reg Lye, Petra Markham, Kenneth Colley, Roger Avon, Clifford Kershaw

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