Information
- BFI identifier41384
- Date1967 (Copyright)
1967-08-27 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy about the efforts of of two inept workmen to get a replacement for the last floorboard in a new house which they have sawn up and used for fuel. No dialogue. (Synopsis)
- Work historyRemade in 1979 in a 28 minute version. See also "Sykes" TV series episode: "Sykes and a Plank" (tx 03/03/1964)
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Eric Sykes
Production Company: Associated London Films
Executive Producer: Beryl Vertue
view all - CastTommy Cooper (larger inept workman)
Eric Sykes (smaller inept workman)
Jimmy Edwards (cycling policeman)
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Title
The Plank (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/F4DC-4DF6-E25B-90B5-DDEC-QCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-1086
Script - Script type: Release script - SCR-14258
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-41384
Small pressbook held. Music cue sheet held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-2up
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-oqw
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