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
Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film The Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film is a Canadian film award, historically presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television through its Genie Awards program to a film judged as the year's best short film. When presented, the award has been inclusive of short films in the live action drama, animated and documentary genres. In years when the award was not presented, the Academy has presented separate awards for Best Live Action Short Drama, Best Animated Short and Best Documentary Short. The award has not been presented since the 17th