Carry on Camping (1969)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 February 1970 (Norway)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

EQUIPPED for FUN!

Plot:

Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. The boys suggest a camping holiday...

Plot Keywords:

Nudist Camp | Holiday | Camping | Vacation | Bikini Girls

Cast

Sid James	...	Sid Boggle (as Sidney James)
Charles Hawtrey	...	Charlie Muggins
Joan Sims	...	Joan Fussey
Kenneth Williams	...	Doctor Kenneth Soaper
Terry Scott	...	Peter Potter
Barbara Windsor	...	Babs
Hattie Jacques	...	Miss Haggard
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Bernie Lugg
Julian Holloway	...	Jim Tanner
Dilys Laye	...	Anthea Meeks
Peter Butterworth	...	Josh Fiddler
Betty Marsden	...	Harriet Potter
Trisha Noble	...	Sally
Brian Oulton	...	Mr. Short
Derek Francis	...	Farmer

Also Known As:

Carry on Camping or Let Sleeping Bags Lie (UK) (long title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:A | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

19 High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Peter Rogers Productions

Trivia:

Terry Scott was suffering with hemorrhoids during filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: On the first night at the camp site, it is raining and Bernie accidentally inflates the rubber dingy, but the outside shot of the dingy inflating in the tent shows it is not raining.

Quotes:

Peter Potter: Hello darling, Oh No.
Harriet Potter: Hello Peter darling, I'm just checking on the camping gear.
Peter Potter: So I see.
Harriet Potter: Did you have a good day?
Peter Potter: Oh not bad, got drunk at lunchtime, went to a strip club and ended up in bed with a popsy.

Movie Connections:

Features Nudist Paradise (1959)

Makes you proud to be British!

This film definitely has to be a strong contender for the title of best "Carry On" film ever. The whole film says "Carry On" from the characters and location to the plays on words (ie the finishing school for girls entitled "Chayste Place") and the inevitable double entendres. The fact that the film was shot on the back lot of Pinewood Studios, and not in a campsite in Devon, is really not important, as the atmosphere is captured marvellously. This is also another example of how it would be nearly impossible in real life to have such a collection of people in one place at one time. Including an old lecher, a hen-pecked husband, a camp camper and a party of girls from a finishing school. I would recommend this film to anyone who has an interest in comedy, British Cinema, or if you just feel like a good laugh.