The Plank
You'll splinter your sides laughing at this classic of all comedies
Overview
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.
- Production
- Associated London Films
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Cast
Tommy Cooper
Larger Workman
Eric Sykes
Smaller Workman
Jimmy Edwards
Policeman
Roy Castle
Delivery Man with boxes
Graham Stark
Amorous Van Driver
Stratford Johns
Station Sergeant
Jim Dale
House Painter
Jimmy Tarbuck
Barman
Hattie Jacques
Woman with Rose
John Junkin
One Eyed Truck Driver
Joan Young
Woman in Bus Queue with fur wrap
Howard Douglas
Old Man
Bill Oddie
Window Cleaner
Kenny Lynch
Dustbin Lorry Driver
Ronnie Brody
Nude Model Carrier
Ian Wilson
Friend of Van Owner
Crew
- Director
- Eric Sykes
- Writers
- Eric Sykes
- Producers
- Eric Sykes,Beryl Vertue
- Cinematography
- Arthur Wooster
- Composer
- Brian Fahey
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CinemaSerf
September 5, 2024
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 st…