Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric

October. 08,1974      
Rating:
8.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A 1974 documentary in which Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics, including a man who lives in a box on wheels, a cowboy vicar and a man who pretends to fly a Lancaster bomber in his garage.

Dave Allen as  Himself
Bruce Lacey as  Himself

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