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Bicycle Clown (1958)

1958 · Short film · 9 min · dir. Sid Davis

  • Drama

Synopsis

The dangers of showing off while riding bicycles is related by a boy whose young brother foolishly disregarded safety instructions.

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Details

Director
Sid Davis
Studio
Sid Davis Productions
Released
1958-01-01
Running time
9 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Me · Jimfink48 · 2014-07-25

Actually the bicycle clowns name is Jimmy. And believe it or not, I am the Bicycle Clown. Made the movie 56 years ago...... Let me know if you want my autograph... LOL

★★★ · This Is My Class Report on Jimmy, My Doofus Younger Brother · Christine Hennig · 2005-07-20

A boy poorly narrates the story of his younger brother Jimmy, a kid who clowns around on his bike in order to impress his peers and thinks safety rules are for sissies. Since this is a Sid Davis film, he is punished for this by getting into an accident which results in him getting gauze wrapped around his head, his arm in a sling, and being confined to a hospital bed. JimmyÃÂs brother becomes obsessed with finding out why this happened, even though itÃÂs obvious from the beginning that Jimmy is an idiotic daredevil. This is one of the tamer Sid Davis films, though. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value…

★★★ · What Makes Jimmy Be Like Sammy? · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-01-30

A young man, "good and dependable," is motionless after a car accident. Someone decides to psychologically investigate why it happened, questioning people, even discovering a failure in sports may have contributed. Yes, this sounds exactly like the plot in Sid Davis' "What Makes Sammy Speed?" (1957). But it's also the story line of this film made a year later, though it involves a careless boy on a bike. It even has the same inappropriate doop-de-diddle-a clip-clop music at 5:44 as in the other short film. The difference here is the kid's older brother is the investigator as opposed to a cop.…

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