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The Plank

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

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A slapstick comedy 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • slapstick comedy
  • floorboard

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Eric Sykes

Writers

Eric Sykes

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR9 Jun 1967
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU18 May 1967
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG1 Dec 1967

Frequently asked questions

The Plank was released on 18 May 1967.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/5/2024

    6/10

    Many of us will have seen loads of films where the acting is wooden - but here, it is meant to be! Eric Sykes assembles a reasonable cast of stalwart British comics to regale us us with the adventures of the humble plank! Together with Tommy Cooper, the pair of workmen take us on a guided tour of what this plank (or it's identical twin) gets up to in it's wide and varied life... There is virtually no dialogue - much …

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