Out jogging, the Optimist (Enn Reitel) realizes he’s unfit, but when a doctor enrols him at a health farm, he soon discovers the place is more like a prison run by the scary Matron (Fran Ryan). He’s half-starved, tortured in the gym, physically battered in an all-ladies aerobic session, and cut down in a karate class.

Despite this, he falls for a Dancer (Terri Robinson) and devises a plan to escape with her help, using a multitude of disguises and the local fire department. Finally, he makes a bid for freedom, jogging into the sunset with the girl of his dreams.

New Century Films production
with Charisma Films
for Channel 4

filmed on location in
Los Angeles, California
Summer 1982

our thanks to

Mazda Cars

Frank Usher

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