Carry on Abroad (1972)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

December 1972 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The holiday of a Laugh-time!

Plot:

A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there...

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Underwear | Drunkenness | Police | Covered Female Frontal Nudity

Cast

Sid James	...	Vic Flange (as Sidney James)
Kenneth Williams	...	Stuart Farquhar
Charles Hawtrey	...	Eustace Tuttle
Joan Sims	...	Cora Flange
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Brother Bernard
Barbara Windsor	...	Sadie Tomkins
Kenneth Connor	...	Stanley Blunt
Peter Butterworth	...	Pepe
Jimmy Logan	...	Bert Conway
June Whitfield	...	Evelyn Blunt
Hattie Jacques	...	Floella
Derek Francis	...	Brother Martin
Sally Geeson	...	Lily
Ray Brooks	...	Georgio
Carol Hawkins	...	Marge

Also Known As:

A Mad Holiday!
Carry on Abroad or What a Package or It's All in or Swiss Hols in the Snow (UK) (long title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | Australia:M | UK:PG (tv rating) | UK:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

There was no music played during the filming of the party scene. Cast members had to improvise their dance steps as the scene continued. Even though the music remains the same, actors are often noticed dancing too fast or doing the wrong steps to the music. The music was added to the final film later in production. Eric Rogers wrote the score as he did for the majority of the "Carry On..." films.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mrs Blunt picks up her towel and toilet bag, when on her way to the bathroom, her toilet bag moves from one hand to the other between shots.

Quotes:

Stuart Farquhar: Afternoon, Miss Dobbs, a lovely day for it.
Miss Dobbs: That's what they all say, Mr Farquhar, but it won't get you anywhere.
Stuart Farquhar: I meant for the Elsbels trip, Miss Dobbs.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Carry on Snogging (1998) (TV)

Room servicings?

A hilarious low budget romp for the carry on team. This film sends up both foriegners and Brits. The new idea of package holidays was a rich vein for comedy in the early seventies (see also the brilliant 'Are You Being Served' film), a time when most British people had never been abroad before (except perhaps during the war), so there was much scope for humour.

Amazingly the British weather held up long enough for the island of Elsbels (Camber Sands) to look convincingly like a mediterranean resort (well...in winter anyway!) but a large number of scenes are indoors anyway, so it doesn't matter. All the usual smut, innuendo, and gags about falling down hotels are there, and I defy anyone not to chuckle a few times. The only slight downside is the rather poor acting by Kenneth Williams' assistant, but she is extremely 'easy on the eye' so gets away with it.

My favourite scene is when the prison guard gives the gang the 'fine old British gesture' of two fingers up, to which Kenneth Connor replies 'Damned FILTH!'.