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:

Camping | Holiday | Nudist Camp | Shower | Tent

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:

There was a deal with Saxa Salt and there was blatant product placement in the film during one scene with Charles Hawtrey, this was unusual in the UK in the 1960s.

Goofs:

Continuity: Dr Soaper is already halfway out the back of his tent when the matron invades it. However, in the next shot he is wholly inside.

Quotes:

Mr. Short: Miss Dobbin, what's the meaning of this?
Miss Dobbin: I'm sorry sir but the gentlemen kept touching things.
Charlie Muggins: Yes she was showing me how to stick the pole up.

Movie Connections:

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

A British comedy classic

85 minutes of pure fun, which is not, unlike much of today's comedy ruined by political correctness. Innuendo, double-entendres and slapstick are the order of the day here as two friends- Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw-take their prudish girlfriends- Dilys laye and the incomparable Joan Sims- on a camping holiday to try and loosen them up. There are hundreds of things to recommend- the famous exercise scene with the lovely Barbara Windsor, Portly Hattie Jacques trying to seduce camp Kenneth Williams and an all too brief cameo by the gorgeous Valerie Leon as a shop assistant to name but a few. Some of the humour may be predictable, but overall, this is a quality movie.