The Plank (1967 film)

The Plank
Directed byEric Sykes
Written byEric Sykes
Produced byJon Penington
StarringEric Sykes
Tommy Cooper
Jimmy Edwards
CinematographyArthur Wooster
Edited byJohn Pomeroy
Music byBrian Fahey
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
51 or 44 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Plank is a 1967 British slapstick comedy film directed and written by Eric Sykes, and starring Sykes, Tommy Cooper and Jimmy Edwards, and featuring many of the top British comedians and comic actors of the time.[1] It was produced by Jon Penington for Associated London Films.

It follows the misadventures of two builders who require a floorboard. The story was based on the 1964 episode "Sykes and a Plank" of Eric Sykes' BBC comedy series Sykes and a... . Although not strictly a silent film, it has little dialogue; instead, the film is punctuated by grunts, other vocal noises and sound effects.

  1. ^ "The Plank". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 February 2024.