The Plank (1979)

The Plank
5.3
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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Running time: 28 min
  • Premiere: 17th of December 1979

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.

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Cast

Joanna Lumley
as Hitcher
Kate O'Mara
as Concerned Passerby
Frank Windsor
as Motorist
Diana Dors
as Woman with Rose
Arthur Lowe
as Shorter Workman
Ann Sidney
as Model
Liza Goddard
as Young Lady Helped Across the Road
Reg Varney
as Window Cleaner
Charlie Drake
as Delivery man with cake
Bernard Cribbins
as House painter
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Old Gent Wanting to Cross the Road
Eric Sykes
as Taller Workman
James Hunt
as One-Eyed Truck Driver
Jimmy Edwards
as Policeman
Brian Murphy
as Van Driver at Timber Yard
Kenny Lynch
as Dustman
Henry Cooper
as Beer drinker
Lionel Blair
as Paint-covered House Owner
Robert Dorning
as Fork-Lift Truck Driver
Deryck Guyler
as Milkman
Frankie Howerd
as Photographer
Harry H. Corbett
as Amourous Van Driver
Charles Hawtrey
as Co-Driver

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