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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.

  • Film
  • 1977
  • 30 min
  • ★ 8.5/10 TMDB
  • Comedy

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DirectorJim Franklin
WritersMichael Palin, Terry Jones

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