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Director:

Eric Sykes

Writer:

Eric Sykes (writer)

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Release Date:

13 March 1971 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

Pretty Much Perfect for 1967 ... more (11 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:

55 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Tommy Cooper replaced Peter Sellers who was forced to withdraw after shooting conflicts with another movie. more

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Plank (1979) (TV) more


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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty Much Perfect for 1967 ..., 8 June 2007
Author: stuart-mcalister from France

Sadly, and quite rudely, leask81 seems to have got it all wrong. The Plank was made in 1967 by some of the finest British comedians of the day - 'poms' or not. His comment was posted in February 2006 so, quite naturally, it would seem out-dated. In fact, any viewing later than 1976 would ... have you tried watching Paul Hogan's early stuff?

The sheer enjoyment out of watching the story of this errant plank of wood and its two clumsy handymen is not only a gem of British comedy, but is also a bar over which not many comedy performers since then have managed to clear.

A highly enjoyable 'short' and one for the collector.

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