Accident-prone council workers Graham Stark and John Junkin get a new hydraulic lift truck in this short slapstick comedy film, made in the same style as The Plank (1967) – without dialogue and accompanied by very hip jazz music.
The truck (a Simon brand hydraulic lift platform) turns out to be the star of the film – winning hearts, saving animals, getting involved in an aerial battle with a hydraulic fire engine, and eventually chasing and bringing to justice a hit-and-run thief.
The film is full of brief celebrity cameos, including Michael Caine, David Hemmings, Peter Sellers, Bob Monkhouse, Norman Rossington, Julia Foster, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Bernie Winters, and DJs Tony Blackburn and Pete Murray.
1st Workman
Graham Stark 2nd Workman
John Junkin 1st Typist
Julia Foster 2nd Typist
Audrey Nicholson The Boss
Paul Whitsun-Jones Firemen
Norman Rossington
Tony Blackburn
Pete Murray Man in car with posters
David Hemmings Michael Caine
Himself Roof Tiler
Eric Morecambe Man on roof with book
Bernie Winters Man with two cars
Peter Sellers Painter
Ernie Wise Photographer
Bob Monkhouse Cashier
Tommy Godfrey Thief
Kenneth Earle
Director
Graham Stark
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The film is full of brief celebrity cameos, including Michael Caine, David Hemmings, Peter Sellers, Bob Monkhouse, Norman Rossington, Julia Foster, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Bernie Winters, and DJs Tony Blackburn and Pete Murray.
1st Typist
Roof Tiler
