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Ripping Yarns: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Ripping Yarns: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
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RIPPING YARNS: THE TESTING OF ERIC OLTHWAITE

Directed by Jim Franklin
United Kingdom, 1977
Adventure, Comedy, Short, TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.