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{{Short description|British short comedy film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Rhubarb
| image = "Rhubarb"_(1969).jpg
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| director = [[Eric Sykes]]
| producer = [[Jon Penington]]
| writer = Eric Sykes
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Harry Secombe]]
* Eric Sykes
* [[Jimmy Edwards]]
}}
| music = [[Brian Fahey (composer)|Brian Fahey]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur Wooster]]
| editing = [[Anthony B. Sloman]]
| studio = Avalon Productions Ltd
| distributor = [[Warner-Pathé Distributors|Warner-Pathé]] (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1969}}
| runtime = 37 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''Rhubarb''''' is a 1969 British short film written and directed by [[Eric Sykes]], starring Sykes, [[Harry Secombe]] and [[Jimmy Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b447405|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803170823/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b447405|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-03|title=Rhubarb|work=BFI}}</ref> The dialogue consisted entirely of repetitions of the word ''"[[Rhubarb (sound effect)|rhubarb]]"'', all the characters last names were "Rhubarb", and even the number plates on vehicles were "RHU BAR B". A baby "spoke" by holding a sign with the word ''"Rhubarb"'' written on it.

"Rhubarb" is a radio idiom for [[Rhubarb (sound effect)|unintelligible background speech]]. Typically extras would mutter the word over and over to provide ambience for a crowd or party scene. In ''[[The Goon Show]]'' the cast was usually only the three principals, who would pretend to try to sound like a larger group by repeating "rhubarb" very quickly but clearly, with outbreaks of "[[Custard]]!" for good measure. Sykes was a close collaborator and friend of the Goons. He remade the piece in 1980 for [[Thames Television]], as ''[[Rhubarb Rhubarb]]''.

==Plot==
A [[inspector#United Kingdom|police inspector]] and a [[vicar]] play a round of [[golf]]. The inspector has a constable help him to cheat by removing his [[golf ball]] from awkward situations, and the vicar ultimately requests divine intervention.

==Cast==
*[[Harry Secombe]] ... Vicar Rhubarb
*[[Eric Sykes]] ... Police Inspector Rhubarb
*[[Jimmy Edwards]] ... Police Constable Rhubarb
*[[Kenneth Connor]] ... Mr Rhubarb
*[[Ann Lancaster]] ... Mrs Rhubarb
*[[Hattie Jacques]] ... Nurse Rhubarb
*[[Anastasia Penington]] ... Baby Rhubarb
*[[Graham Stark]] ... Golfer Rhubarb
*[[Sheree Winton]] ... Lady Pupil Rhubarb
*[[Gordon Rollings]] ... Artist Rhubarb
*[[Johnny Speight]] ... Gents Rhubarb

==Critical reception==
[[Allmovie]] wrote, "[[sight gag]]s and [[pantomime]] dominate this engaging 37 minute feature."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/rhubarb-v159611|title=Rhubarb (1970) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Walla]]
* ''[[Rhubarb Rhubarb]]'', the 1980 remake of ''Rhubarb''.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0420127|title=Rhubarb}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090116075029/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/48287 Rhubarb] at the [[British Film Institute|BFI]] website

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