The Plank (1967)
55m
Running Time
May 18, 1967Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Tommy Cooper
Larger Workman
Eric Sykes
Smaller Workman / Producer / Director / Writer
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
Rex Garner
Tourist
Libby Morris
Tourist
John Junkin
One Eyed Truck Driver
Joan Young
Woman in Bus Queue with fur wrap
Jon Penington
Producer
Barney Gilbraith
Paint-covered House Owner
Clovissa Newcombe
Girl in Van
Dermot Kelly
Milkman
Anna Carteret
It's Paint Woman
Thomas Gallagher
Man with Beer
Howard Douglas
Old Man
Bill Oddie
Window Cleaner
Kenny Lynch
Dustbin Lorry Driver
Ronnie Brody
Nude Model Carrier
Dave Freeman
UDC Cement Layer
Johnny Speight
Pipe Smoker in Bus Queue
Ian Wilson
Friend of Van Owner
Lorna Selwyn
Continuity
Beryl Vertue
Executive Producer
Stuart Freeman
Assistant Director
Mike Ford
Art Direction
Frank Turner
Makeup Artist
Tristam Cones
Sound Editor
Arthur Wooster
Director of Photography
John Pomeroy
Editor
Ivo Nightingale
Second Assistant Director
Christopher Sutton
Production Manager
Harvey Harrison
Camera Operator
Brian Fahey
Original Music Composer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
slapstick
floorboard
Wiki.
The Plank is a 1967 British slapstick comedy film directed and written by Eric Sykes, and starring Sykes, Tommy Cooper and Jimmy Edwards, and featuring many of the top British comedians and comic actors of the time. It was produced by Jon Penington for Associated London Films.
It follows the misadventures of two builders who require a floorboard. The story was based on the 1964 episode "Sykes and a Plank" of Eric Sykes' BBC comedy series Sykes and a... . Although not strictly a silent film, it has little dialogue; instead, the film is punctuated by grunts, other vocal noises and sound effects.
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