The Ride

A slapstick comedy in the manner of the old favourites directed and acted in by Gerald Patterson, who plays chauffeur to a partly eccentric business tycoon. Filmed in the winter playground of the Laurentians; the tycoon has a fondness for tobogganing and reading his financial news at the same time; inevitably he takes a headlong plunge downhill on a runaway sled with the chauffeur in hot pursuit.

Credits

director

Gerald Potterton

producer

Colin Low

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

31226

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Comedy → Slapstick comedies

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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Canada, 1963

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