The Plank

"The Plank" commences with two carpenters, 'chippies' colloquially, (Eric Sykes and Tommy Cooper), laying floorboards in a newly-built house. Nearing completion, they find that they are one plank short. The rest of the film consists of their visit to a timber yard to select a suitable plank, and their journey back to site with, (and sometimes without!), the plank tied to the roof of their elderly car. This journey is laced with a miscellany of famous, and then not-so-famous, actors and comedians, (Jimmy Tarbuck was given a part as a favour to a friend). The comedic incidents encountered along the way, all done without coherent speech, make for an entertaining viewing.