Simon, Simon

Simon, Simon - 1970 | 30 mins | Comedy | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Graham Stark.
Producer: Peter Shillingford.
Script: Graham Stark.
Cinematography: Harvey Harrison and Derek Vanlint.
Editing: Bunny Warren.

The Cast

Graham Stark
Julia Foster
Norman Rossington
John Junkin
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Audrey Nicholson
Kenneth Earle
Tommy Godfrey
Tony Blackburn
Michael Caine
David Hemmings
Bob Monkhouse
Eric Morecambe
Peter Murray
Peter Sellers
Bernie Winters
Ernie Wise

Plot Synopsis

Graham Stark’s debut as writer and director was this surreal homage to the silent slapstick of Chaplin the Keystone Kops. A rehearsal for his feature comedy The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), this mimed comedy features cameo appearances by British personalities including Peter Sellers, Michael Caine and Morecambe and Wise. It follows the comic misadventures of two ham-fisted council workers, Junkin and Stark, who are given a brand new hydraulic truck platform, and their rivalry with a fireman to woo a typist (Julia Foster). Cue countless crane shots and wacky moments including a WWI dogfight re-enactment.