The Plank

1967

55m

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6.2/10

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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

Writers

Eric Sykes(writer by)

Stars

Tommy Cooper

Eric Sykes

Jimmy Edwards

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Larger Workman

Smaller Workman

Policeman

Delivery Man with boxes

Amorous Van Driver

Station Sergeant

House Painter

Barman

Woman with Rose

Tourist

Tourist

One Eyed Truck Driver

Joan Young

Woman in Bus Queue with fur wrap

Barney Gilbraith

Paint-covered House Owner

Girl in Van

Milkman

It's Paint Woman

Man with Beer

Directors

Eric Sykes

Writers

Eric Sykes(writer by)

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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.

Geronimo196705 Sep, 2024