Carry on Camping (1969)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

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:

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: When Sid drives around the bend in Joan and Anthea's street, he passes two girls walking down the pavement but they do not appear in the shot from the rear window.

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:

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

My brief review of the film

One of the most popular films in series, it is broad and amusing, and accompanied by quite a good score this time, yet it is only intermittently very funny. The sexual humour is at times rather amusing, and Kenneth Williams sparkles in his role, but arguably it is sillier than the par of Carry On films, with the last ten minutes or so of the film being really utter nonsense. In addition, having too many main characters means that they do not get a chance to be developed very well. But overall, it is quite an enjoyable experience nonetheless, with a number of very entertaining, even if not hilarious, scenes.