Eric Sykes Kinnear, Beryl Reid, and Norman Rossington. It was his last screen appearance with Hattie Jacques. The film employed an idea drawn from the British showbiz tradition in which extras used the word "rhubarb" to simulate low-level background dialogue, which had also been a running joke in "The Goon Show". In 1981, Sykes wrote, directed, and starred in the offbeat comedy "If You Go Down in the Woods Today" for Thames, with a cast including Roy Kinnear, Fulton Mackay, and George Sewell. During 1982, Sykes played the Chief Constable in the slapstick police comedy film "The Boys in Blue", which starred
A Short Film About Killing Jacek got arrested. A few scenes and lines of dialogue do not feature in "Dekalog: Five", to keep it within the time limitations for TV as intended. A Short Film About Killing A Short Film About Killing () is a 1988 crime-drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, and Jan Tesarz. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film was expanded from "" of the Polish television series "Dekalog". Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film compares the senseless, violent murder of an individual to the cold, calculated execution by the state. "A Short Film