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The Plank

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6.2/10 • 28

1967-05-180h 55m

Comedy

You'll splinter your sides laughing at this classic of all comedies

A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.

Directors
Eric Sykes
Writters
Eric Sykes
Editors
Eric Sykes, John Pomeroy

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Tommy Cooper

    Tommy Cooper

    Larger Workman

  2. Eric Sykes

    Eric Sykes

    Smaller Workman

  3. Jimmy Edwards

    Jimmy Edwards

    Policeman

  4. Roy Castle

    Roy Castle

    Delivery Man with boxes

  5. Graham Stark

    Graham Stark

    Amorous Van Driver

  6. Stratford Johns

    Stratford Johns

    Station Sergeant

  7. Jim Dale

    Jim Dale

    House Painter

  8. Jimmy Tarbuck

    Jimmy Tarbuck

    Barman

  9. Hattie Jacques

    Hattie Jacques

    Woman with Rose

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CinemaSerf

Sep 5, 2024

6/10

Many of us will have seen loads of films where the acting is wooden - but here, it is meant to be! Eric Sykes assembles a reasonable cast of stalwart British comics to regale us us with the adventures of the humble plank! Together with Tommy Cooper, the pair of workmen take us on a guided tour of what this plank (or it's identical twin) gets up to in it's wide and varied life... There is virtually no dialogue - much of it relying on the quirky Brian Fahey score and the odd mumble that set the standards for many an inaudible television drama being made even now. It does recycle the joke once too often, but it still has a charm about it. The singing opening titles; closing windows to keep out the cold - not that they have any glass in them, and the simplicity of things getting stuck, walloped and wedged is fun for a while, but that simplicity struggles to sustain the humour after the first 15-20 minutes or so. Still, it is an interesting and engaging example of what made us Brits laugh in the late 1960s.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
slapstick comedyfloorboard