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Sykes's tale of two workmen, a plank of wood and the chaos they cause wherever they go. As near a modern silent comedy as you can get, this is classy slapstick. It features numerous cameos from TV stars of the time and the pairing of Cooper and Sykes is inspired. Great credits too!

 

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Director Eric Sykes
Starring Hattie Jacques, Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy Edwards

 

Genre Classic Film

 

Country UK Language ENGLISH   Year 1967

 

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Certificate U   Length 51 mins   Label CRLTN
Cat No 3711506833   Format DVD   Colour
Region2    

 

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Article - "Silent Film Round-Up 2004" by Graeme Hobbs
Friday 5th November 2004

Overall, 2004 has been a good year for DVD releases of silent film in the UK. Most pleasing of all has been the recognition that when silent film is given due respect and presented in restored editions that are well packaged, they are revitalized as major works of ar...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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