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:

Premiered in Hull, England, people were literally queuing around the block to see it. It was the highest grossing film in the United Kingdom in 1969. Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) was the second grossing film that year.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Miss Haggerd goes over to Dr Soaper's tent, she has the top button of her night dress done up, but when she enters the tent it has been undone.

Quotes:

Charlie Muggins: Hello. What's a nice girl like you doing with an old cow?
Girl with cow: I'm taking her to the bull.
Charlie Muggins: Well couldn't your father do that?
Girl with cow: No it must the the bull.

Movie Connections:

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

Gone for a P.

This movie (a real guilty pleasure for me) contains one of the best convoluted gags in movie history. The boys drive up to what they believe to be the nudist camp they're searching for. A sign states "All Asses Must Be Shown". The boys guffaw, their girlfriends are appalled. Sid asks where the manager is. "He's gone for a pee" is the reply. Soon, the scruffy manager appears, hitching up his pants, carrying a wooden letter "P" which he proceeds to nail onto the sign so it now reads "All Passes Must Be Shown".

Most of the other jokes are old as the hills (and welcome nonetheless), but whoever came up with this elaborate bit of business belongs in the Charles Kaufman/Preston Sturges/Jacques Tati club.