Carry on Dick (1974)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

George Evans (treatment)
Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

July 1974 (UK)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Dick Turpin carries on with his flintlock cocked

Plot:

Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades...

Plot Keywords:

Male Impersonation | Carry On | Topless Woman | Historical | Female Nudity

Cast

Sid James	...	Big Dick Turpin a.k.a. Reverend Flasher (as Sidney James)
Barbara Windsor	...	Harriet
Kenneth Williams	...	Captain Desmond Fancey
Hattie Jacques	...	Martha Hoggett
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Sir Roger Daley
Joan Sims	...	Madame Desirée
Kenneth Connor	...	Constable
Peter Butterworth	...	Tom
Jack Douglas	...	Sergeant Jock Strapp
Patsy Rowlands	...	Mrs. Giles
Bill Maynard	...	Bodkin
Margaret Nolan	...	Lady Daley
John Clive	...	Isaac the Tailor
David Lodge	...	Bullock
Marianne Stone	...	Maggie

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Africa:(Banned) (original release) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:G (VHS rating) | Australia:PG (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

Final "Carry On..." film appearances of the 'core' "Carry On..." performers.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Church has an obviously modern sign

Quotes:

["Big" Dick is points his pistol at Madame Desiree]
Madame Desiree: That Doesn't scare me. I've seen bigger ones in my time.
Dick Turpin: That doesn't surprise me.

Movie Connections:

Followed by That's Carry On (1977)

Funny and carefree.

Its amazing that a series that was coming to the end of it's life can produce something as wonderful and self-assured as Carry On Dick. The subject is tailor-made for a Carry On treatment, but with actors going through the motions for the umpteenth time it should have been jaded and cynical, not the joyous and life-affirming film it actually is. Everyone looks older, but full of energy and vigour. Bernie Bresslaw seems especially fired-up, as though his life depends on making the audience laugh. Talbot Rothwell was terribly ill while writing the script, a fact that makes the finished film seem all the more incredible. Carry On Dick is a great film, funny and carefree.