The Plank (1967 film)
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The Plank (DVD cover) |
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| Directed by | Eric Sykes |
| Produced by | Jon Penington Beryl Vertue (executive) |
| Written by | Eric Sykes |
| Starring | Eric Sykes Tommy Cooper |
| Music by | Brian Fahey |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 45 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Plank is a popular 45-minute, 1967 British slapstick comedy film. It follows the adventures of two builders who require a floorboard. It was written and directed by Eric Sykes, and produced by Jon Penington, and was based on a comedy sketch, called "Sykes and a Plank", which was written by Eric Sykes for his comedy television series Sykes.
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When two builders buy a floorboard for a house they are building, their return to the house, with the plank on top of a battered car, is fraught with unexpected difficulties.
- Eric Sykes
- Tommy Cooper
- Jimmy Edwards
- Roy Castle
- Jim Dale
- Hattie Jacques
- Stratford Johns
- Graham Stark
- Jimmy Tarbuck
- Bill Oddie
- John Junkin.
- The Plank (1979 film) — a remake of this film
- Other Eric Sykes short silent films in similar style to The Plank:
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- Rhubarb (1969)
- Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980, a remake of Rhubarb)
- It's Your Move (1982)
- Mr. H Is Late (1988)
- The Big Freeze (1993).