Carry on Girls (1973)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (writer)

Release Date:

November 1973 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When it comes to Beauty Queens - it's carry on and bust!

Plot:

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest...

Plot Keywords:

Beauty Contest | Bikini Girls | Sexual Joke | Reference To Dracula | Catfight

Cast

Sid James	...	Sidney Fiddler (as Sidney James)
Barbara Windsor	...	Hope Springs
Joan Sims	...	Connie Philpotts
Kenneth Connor	...	Mayor Frederick Bumble
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Peter Potter
June Whitfield	...	Augusta Prodworthy / Paula Perkins (voice)
Peter Butterworth	...	Admiral
Jack Douglas	...	William
Patsy Rowlands	...	Mildred Bumble
Joan Hickson	...	Mrs. Dukes
David Lodge	...	Police Inspector
Valerie Leon	...	Paula Perkins
Margaret Nolan	...	Dawn Brakes
Sally Geeson	...	Debra
Angela Grant	...	Miss Bangor

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

Barbara Windsor had lessons on riding a motorbike in order she could film the final scene.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Hope Springs says, "Sid, wait for me," her lips do not move.

Quotes:

Ida Downs: Oh! You're a dirty old man!
Admiral: [to Connie] Mrs. Philpotts, I wish to complain. This young woman molested me.
Ida Downs: Well, I like that!
Admiral: Whether you like it or not, my dear, is quite immaterial.
Sid Fiddler: [to Ida] Yes, all right, darling, I'll sort it out.
Admiral: Cheeky little thing! I'd like to put her across my knee.
Connie Philpotts: I'm sure you would, Admiral!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Carry on Snogging (1998) (TV)

Ooh, saucy!

This is a fun movie. Yes, it may be politically incorrect by today's standards. Sure. But who cares? What's funny is funny. I for one can find the humour in the CARRY ON movies -- and I was born after the last of the series was made! There's nothing explicit in GIRLS, nothing truly offensive (the makers poke more fun at the men than they do the women) and come on, it's just harmless boob and bum laughs, anyway.

I love this movie because it makes me laugh, and makes me laugh every time I see it (which is quite a few times now). The jokes all hit the mark. There is an actual plot, unlike the comparable sex comedies being made today. The acting is fantastic. Sid James, Barbara Windsor and the usual gang know what they're doing and they do it perfectly. The only true weakness I would say is the directing and editing, though I would chalk that up to the obvious constraints of making films on a low budget.

And, in conclusion, to all those who decry the CARRY ON films as being old sexist rubbish, let me just say, in the words of the late great Sid James: "Knickers!"