The Plank

6.2
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 55 min
  • Premiere: 1967. May 18.

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.

Discover

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

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

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

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

Art

Mike Ford

Art Direction

Camera

Arthur Wooster

Director of Photography

Harvey Harrison

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Frank Turner

Makeup Artist

Directing

Eric Sykes

Director

Lorna Selwyn

Continuity

Stuart Freeman

Assistant Director

Ivo Nightingale

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Eric Sykes

Producer

Beryl Vertue

Executive Producer

Christopher Sutton

Production Manager

Sound

Brian Fahey

Original Music Composer

Tristam Cones

Sound Editor

Writing

Eric Sykes

Writer