Movies starring Eric Sykes

Very Important Person (1961)

98 mins     Comedy      

Released a few years before "The Great Escape", "Very Important Person" is a humorous prisoner of war movie starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter....

Heavens Above! (1963)

118 mins     Comedy      

When it comes to the movies of either Peter Sellers or The Boulting brothers "Heavens Above!" is one of those which are not so much forgotten about but simply lesser known. And there is a simple reason why, it doesn't so much...

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

138 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

Even when you use its truncated title "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes" still has a long title and that is not the only thing which is long about it as ...

The Plank (1967)

45 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - The Plank (1967) Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes star as the two workman delivering plenty of mishap fun as they head out to get the plank they need to finish a building...

Shalako (1968)

113 mins     Western      

As a rule I enjoy westerns but yet I always seem to struggle with the westerns of the 60s which had heavy European influences. I don't mean the spaghetti westerns but the likes of "Shalako" which feature a dominant European c...

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)

120 mins     Comedy      

There is part of me which is confused by "Monte Carlo or Bust!" and not just because it's also known as "Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies". Nope I am confused as to why such a movie which came from the same peo...

The Others (2001)

101 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery      

So all my friends who had seen "The Others" told me I had to see it because I enjoyed ...., well I am not going to tell you immediately what .... is because it would spoil this movie. So without spoiling things I will say tha...