Mr H is Late

Eric Sykes - Senior undertaker
Jimmy Edwards - Traffic warden
John Alderton - Vicar
Bobby Ball - Driver's mate
Tommy Cannon - Driver
Norman Collier - Short-sighted man
Charlie Drake - Short delivery man
Gabrielle Drake - Miss H
Linda Hayden - Sunbather
James Hunt - Trucker
Roy Kinnear - Piper
Rula Lenska - Bride
Kenny Lynch - Bus conductor
Spike Milligan - Roadsweeper
Richard O'Sullivan - Breakfasting neighbour
Terry Scott - Hearse driver
Paul Shane - Fat neighbour
Kathy Staff - Mrs H
Freddie Starr - Short undertaker
Sylvia Syms - Lady with poodle
Bob Todd - Elderly undertaker
Dennis Waterman - Groom
Mike Yarwood - Lift engineer

Me H is Late was the fourth virtually dialogue-free film scripted by Eric Sykes. The plot revolves around a quintet of luckless undertakers charged with moving a coffin from the 26th floor of a skyscraper to the church in time for a funeral. The pallbearers are led by chief bearer Eric Sykes and amongst his colleagues are Freddie Starr and Bob Todd.

The film’s cavalcade of cameos begins instantly with handyman Mike Yarwood causing the pallbearers to forgo using the lift and attempt the whole task along a narrow stairway. Meanwhile in the street below, traffic warden Jimmy Edwards signals hearse driver Terry Scott (and a bagpipe playing Roy Kinnear) to move the vehicle off double yellow lines. As the pallbearers descend they encounter neighbour Richard O’Sullivan and a particularly perplexed Paul Shane who has a coffin in his front doorway and piano playing Norman Collier ascending past the window.

The pallbearers decide to give up on the stairs and head to the roof to lower the coffin using the window-cleaning winch – only it ends up on the roof of a passing truck driven by James Hunt. The coffin is quickly dislodged as Hunt passes under a low bridge. After a brief excursion on Kenny Ball’s Routemaster bus they arrive at church just in time to hear real-life couple Dennis Waterman and Rula Lenska exchange marriage vows.