Rhubarb Rhubarb

Rhubarb Rhubarb

Infobox_Film
name = Rhubarb Rhubarb


imdb_id = 0081425
writer = Eric Sykes
starring = Eric Sykes,
Jimmy Edwards,
Bob Todd,
Charlie Drake
director = Eric Sykes
producer = David Clark
cinematography = Dusty Miller
distributor =
released = 1980
runtime = 28 min.
language = English
music = Denis King
awards =
budget =

"Rhubarb Rhubarb" is a comedy film released in 1980. The film is a re-make of Eric Sykes' 1969 film, "Rhubarb".

Plot

A police inspector is so intent on winning a round of golf against a vicar, despite his lack of ability at the game, that he employs his constable to furtively disentangle his ball from the odd spots in which it usually comes to rest - while his opponent looks for help from a higher power...

Dialogue

The word "rhubarb" is the only one uttered, many times over, in this film. It is or was common for a crowd of extras in acting to shout the word "rhubarb" repeatedly and out of step with each other, to cause the effect of general hubbub. It was this use which inspired Sykes to use it as the only word in Rhubarb Rhubarb.

Cast

*Eric Sykes .... Police Inspector/Groom
*Jimmy Edwards .... Police Officer
*Bob Todd .... Vicar
*Charlie Drake .... Golf Club Pro
*Bill Fraser .... Golf Club Secretary
*Hattie Jacques† .... Nanny
*Roy Kinnear .... Home Owner
*Beryl Reid .... Home Owner's Wife
*Norman Rossington .... Church Organist
*April Walker .... Lady Golf Pupil/Bride
*Nicholas Bond-Owen .... Little Boy
*Robert Carter .... Baby

†Hattie Jacques died between the making of Rhubarb Rhubarb and its screening.

ee also

* "Rhubarb" the 1969 film remade as "Rhubarb Rhubarb".
* Other Eric Sykes short silent films in similar style: "The Plank" (1967), "The Plank" (1979 remake of the 1967 film), "It's Your Move" (1982), "Mr. H Is Late" (1988) and "The Big Freeze" (1993).

ources

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/rhubarbrhubarb_7776145.shtml "Rhubarb Rhubarb"] in the BBC Guide to comedy

External links

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