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Movie profile

The Plank

You'll splinter your sides laughing at this classic of all comedies

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Comedy

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.

Directed by Eric Sykes

The cast

Faces behind the story

Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper

Larger Workman

Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes

Smaller Workman

Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards

Policeman

Roy Castle

Roy Castle

Delivery Man with boxes

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

Amorous Van Driver

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

Station Sergeant

Jim Dale

Jim Dale

House Painter

Jimmy Tarbuck

Jimmy Tarbuck

Barman