Carry on Regardless (1961)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Norman Hudis (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 June 1962 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Laugh On . . . Regardless - with Carry on Regardless [Australia]

Plot:

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the...

Plot Keywords:

Photograph | Knitting | Policeman | Sequel | Nurse

Cast

Sid James	...	Bert Handy (as Sidney James)
Kenneth Connor	...	Sam Twist
Charles Hawtrey	...	Gabriel Dimple
Joan Sims	...	Lily Duveen
Kenneth Williams	...	Francis Courtenay
Bill Owen	...	Mike Weston
Liz Fraser	...	Delia King
Terence Longdon	...	Montgomery Infield-Hopping
Hattie Jacques	...	Sister
Esma Cannon	...	Miss Cooling
Sydney Tafler	...	Strip Club Manager
Julia Arnall	...	Trudy Trelawney
Terence Alexander	...	Trevor Trelawney
Stanley Unwin	...	Landlord
Joan Hickson	...	Matron

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG (video rating) | UK:U (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

15 Park Street, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Peter Rogers Productions

Trivia:

Eleanor Summerfield filmed a scene with Charles Hawtrey, but the entire performance was cut because the scene had censor problems. This was due to a reference by Summerfield to Hawtrey being able to "do your part from the wardrobe". Another BBFC cut meant the alteration of Sam's line to Penny from "you're making it a little bit hard for me madam" to "you're making it a little bit difficult for me madam". These cuts remain in all later releases of the film.

Quotes:

Lily Duveen: You know it'll take ninety-nine years to clear up this dump.
Bert Handy: Yeah, well, step by step. That's the method. Little by little.
Sam Twist: Okay then, boss, where do we start?
Bert Handy: Well, I reckon to make it easier for us to walk about. We ought to sweep the floor first.
Delia King: I don't wish to interfere, but I'd have thought it better to start cleaning at the top of the house.
Lily Duveen: Yes, quite right, I mean disturbed dust will only fall down and muck up what we've already cleaned up.
Francis Courtenay: Ladies and gentlemen, may I submit, with the greatest of respect, and for the sake of efficient team working that we all belt up!
Bert Handy: Hear, hear!
Lily Duveen: Always the gentleman!
Sam Twist: Ooh, ain't he common!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Can We Carry On, Girls? (2001) (TV)

Wot a mixed up Carry On

This Carry On does not seem to have a story line- it is more of a series of sketches linked together only by "Helping Hands". However this is a good one, NOT quite what the tagline suggests, but a good one. Most of the main stars (to date) are here, and they all get their own sketches. My fav being the Kenneth Williams/Chimp one (But this could be because KW is the best "Carry On-er"!). Other highlights are the Joan Sims' sketch at a wine tasting party and the end scene whare all the gang demolish a house. Apart from Stanley Unwin (I can't stand the way he talks) this is a good-un.