The Spare Tyres

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The Spare Tyres
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Directed byMichael J. Lane
Screenplay by Donald Churchill
Produced byKenneth Cowan
Starring Terence Alexander
Frank Finlay
CinematographyLewis Mcleod
Edited byMichael J. Lane
Music by Hugo de Groot
Production
company
Sandpiper Films
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Spare Tyres is a 1967 British short comedy film directed by Michael J. Lane and featuring Terence Alexander, Judy Franklin, Pauline Yates, and Frank Finlay. [1] It was written by Donald Churchill.

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Plot

Dennis and his wife move to a new house. Discovering a pair of old tyres in the garden, he spends the rest of the day trying to get rid of them.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Desperately unfunny programme filler, unaccountably revived after ten years on the shelf. The 'humour' is largely a matter of telegraphed sight gags (sample: a runaway milk float is labelled 'U.D.D.A. Dairies'); cast mug, grimace and generally look uncomfortable." [2]

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References

  1. "The Spare Tyres". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. "The Spare Tyres". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 45 (528): 104. 1 January 1978. ProQuest   1305832564 via ProQuest.