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Carry on Cabby

  • 19631963
  • 1h 31m
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6.4/10
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Carry on Cabby (1963)
A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.
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A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.
IMDb RATING
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2.8K
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    • Gerald Thomas
    • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
    • Sidney Green(based on an original story by)
    • Richard Hills(based on an original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Hattie Jacques
    • Kenneth Connor
    • Gerald Thomas
    • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
    • Sidney Green(based on an original story by)
    • Richard Hills(based on an original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Hattie Jacques
    • Kenneth Connor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Esma Cannon, Kenneth Connor, Sidney James, and Milo O'Shea in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Dominique Don in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Carole Shelley in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Charles Hawtrey, Amanda Barrie, Renee Houston, and Sidney James in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Charles Hawtrey and Sidney James in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Liz Fraser and Sidney James in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Hattie Jacques in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Charles Hawtrey and Leigh James in Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Carry on Cabby (1963)
    Kenneth Connor and Marian Horton in Carry on Cabby (1963)

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    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Charlie Hawkins
    Hattie Jacques
    Hattie Jacques
    • Peggy Hawkins
    Kenneth Connor
    Kenneth Connor
    • Ted Watson
    Charles Hawtrey
    Charles Hawtrey
    • Terry 'Pintpot' Tankard
    Esma Cannon
    Esma Cannon
    • Flo Sims
    Liz Fraser
    Liz Fraser
    • Sally
    Bill Owen
    Bill Owen
    • Smiley Sims
    Milo O'Shea
    Milo O'Shea
    • Len
    Judith Furse
    Judith Furse
    • Battleaxe Rider
    Ambrosine Phillpotts
    Ambrosine Phillpotts
    • Aristocratic Lady
    Renee Houston
    Renee Houston
    • Molly
    Jim Dale
    Jim Dale
    • Jeremy - Expectant Father
    Amanda Barrie
    Amanda Barrie
    • Anthea
    Carole Shelley
    Carole Shelley
    • Dumb Driver
    Cyril Chamberlain
    • Sarge
    Norman Chappell
    Norman Chappell
    • Allbright
    Peter Gilmore
    Peter Gilmore
    • Dancy
    Michael Ward
    • Man in Tweeds
      • Gerald Thomas
      • Talbot Rothwell(screenplay)
      • Sidney Green(based on an original story by)
      • Richard Hills(based on an original story by)
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    • Trivia
      Charles Hawtrey was unable to drive, and was given 1 hour lessons 3 times a day for 3 weeks by Pinewood Studio staff and passed his test on the Friday before filming began.
    • Goofs
      Many, if not most, of the Glamcabs only have two doors, which would make them unsuitable as taxicabs. All scenes involving passengers only used the four-door cabs.
    • Quotes

      Expectant Father: Are you a taxi?

      Charlie Hawkins: No.

      [pointing at the vehicle]

      Charlie Hawkins: *This* is a taxi.

      [pointing at himself]

      Charlie Hawkins: *I'm* a driver.

      [pointing at Pintpot]

      Charlie Hawkins: *He's* a learner.

      [pointing at the expectant father]

      Charlie Hawkins: And *you're* a twit. Now get out of the way, I'm in a hurry.

      Expectant Father: No, no, you must help me. It's my wife - she's going to have a baby.

      Charlie Hawkins: And if I don't get home by seven, mine's gonna have a fit.

    • Connections
      Featured in That's Carry On! (1977)

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    7/10
    CARRY ON CABBY (Gerald Thomas, 1963) ***
    This is another solid entry in the popular series which, again, recalls earlier classics of British comedy – such as the Ealing and Boulting Brothers films.

    Kenneth Williams’ presence is missed here: apparently, he turned down the role of the shop steward (probably influenced by Peter Sellers’ similar, award-winning characterization in I’M ALL RIGHT, JACK [1959] and eventually played by Norman Chappell) because he felt the script was substandard – I disagree and, in fact, Talbot Rothwell became the series’ official writer from this point on! Joan Sims is also conspicuous by her absence (the “Carry On” stalwart’s typical role is played here by the slimmer Liz Fraser – incidentally, also a cast member of JACK).

    Sid James, however, is clearly in control – with Hattie Jacques as his female counterpart; even Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey’s characters feel subsidiary here, the film being heavier on plot than the previous series outings I’ve just watched, though both get their big scene (more on this later). The narrative concerns Jacques’ elaborate way of dealing with husband James’ slacking attentions: he’s a cab-service owner and totally absorbed in his work so, unbeknownst to him, she contrives to open a rival business – but with the advantage of young and attractive women drivers! Connor is James’ sidekick (involved with Fraser, tending bar at the cab-driver’s café) who, at one point, appears in drag when he’s made to infiltrate the ‘enemy camp’ (as part of a plan by James to get at the competition); Hawtrey is an accident-prone novice driver (his ‘baptism of fire’ is unsurprisingly fraught with disaster); Jim Dale appears in his first “Carry On” as well, in a bit as an expectant father who takes cabbies James and Connor ‘on a ride’ and causes the former to miss his anniversary celebration!

    While there’s some tit-for-tat routines between them (the women – knowledgeable of the fact that the men have intercepted their radio signals – deliberately give out fake addresses, while James & Co. show their force by tampering with the vehicles driven by the ladies…except that the latter still get the upper hand, because their passengers are all-too-willing to lend a helping hand!), the companies finally get together when one of Jacques’ cabs – with her, Fraser and the girls’ payroll inside – is abducted by a gang of crooks. All the various vehicles set out in co-ordinated pursuit and manage to corner the ‘stray’ cab in open-country; the final gag, then, sees Hawtrey driving James’ car into a tree – so that the boss has no alternative but to hail a cab for himself!
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    • Release date
      • January 1967 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Farm Yard, Datchet Road, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Peter Rogers Productions
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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