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A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Plenty of laughs to keep you warm! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bob Hoskins | ... | Sidney, plumber's mate |
 | Eric Sykes | ... | Mr Blick, the plumber |
| Eila Roine | ... | Matron |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Soup slurper |
| Raija Laakso | ... | Louise |
| Sonja Lumme | ... | Pretty nurse |
 | John Mills | ... | Dapper man |
| Spike Milligan | ... | Der Schauspieler |
| Sylvi Salonen | ... | The flapper |
| Hellin Auvinen-Salmi | ... | Old lady |
| Helinä Viitanen | ... | Zimmer lady |
| Erkki Thil | ... | Film director |
| Gabriel Laszlo | ... | Fencer with wig |
| Hannes Anttila | ... | Fencer |
| Gunnar Strommer | ... | Man in bath |
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Following in the tradition of Eric Sykes' previous silent comedy shorts ("The Plank", "Mr H Is Late" et al), "The Big Freeze" is a highly amusing little diversion that keeps the chuckles coming all the way through.
Bob Hoskins revels in the chance to play a little slapstick as the plumber's hapless son, and he just about eclipses the very funny cameo roles from veteren stars John Mills, Donald Pleasence and Spike Milligan, who almost steals the film with his turn as a manic Adolf Hitler impersonator (complete with stuffed dog!).
It's hard to believe, given the popularity of his earlier silent comedies, that Sykes allegedly found financing hard to come by in the UK for this film (hence why it was made in Finland), and its a sad reflection on the British film & TV industry that simple but effective little productions like this can't be made more often.