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The Plank (1979)

The Plank (1979)

Comedy
Release Date: 1979, December 17
Directors: Eric Sykes
Cast: Joanna Lumley, Eric Sykes, James Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brian Murphy, Deryck Guyler, Lionel Blair, Charles Hawtrey, Frankie Howerd, Kenny Lynch, Henry Cooper

Overview:

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, 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. TV remake of the 1967 short.