Carry On England (1976)

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested ... See full summary »

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

David Pursall (screenplay), Jack Seddon (screenplay)

Stars:

Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies, Judy Geeson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kenneth Connor	...	Captain S. Melly
Windsor Davies	...	Sergeant-Major 'Tiger' Bloomer
Judy Geeson	...	Sergeant Tilly Willing
Patrick Mower	...	Sergeant Len Able
Jack Douglas	...	Bombardier Ready
Joan Sims	...	Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
Melvyn Hayes	...	Gunner Shorthouse
Peter Butterworth	...	Major Carstairs
Peter Jones	...	Brigadier
Diane Langton	...	Private Alice Easy
Julian Holloway	...	Major Butcher
David Lodge	...	Captain Bull
Larry Dann	...	Gunner Shaw
Brian Osborne	...	Gunner Owen
Johnny Briggs	...	Melly's Driver

Storyline

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...

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Plot Keywords:

carry on | army | british sex comedy | sex comedy | twenty eighth part | 

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Taglines:

It's the biggest bang of the war

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Genres:

Comedy | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

In later interviews, Joan Sims admitted to feeling out of the place during the making of the film.

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Goofs

When the Sergeant Major Bloomer sounds the wake up call in Melly's hut, the Sergeant Major's rope on his uniform is on his right shoulder. But in the next shot when he is shouting at Sgt. Len Able, the rope is on his left shoulder.

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Quotes

Sgt. Len Able: How you feeling, son?
Bombardier Ready: It's just as though those explosions have reverberated all through my body.
Sgt. Len Able: Well, just so long as your helmets not damaged.

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Alternate Versions

To avoid a UK AA certificate (thus excluding anyone under 14 years old) the film was cut by the BBFC to heavily reduce the topless nudity in the 'Trousers and nothing else' scene, and to replace Patrick Mower's line of 'I know a Fokker when I see one' to 'Bristols usually come in pairs'. The 1987 video release featured the same cut cinema print, though for the 2001 VCI DVD the cuts were fully restored. The later 2003 Special Edition release featured both versions of the film.

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Connections

Followed by Carry on Columbus (1992)

User Reviews

why? why? why?

this is absolutely awful. I heard that Carry on Emmanuelle was the worst of the series, but this really is. I bought this and started watching it four times then turned it off...only watched it fully the fifth time around, it's really that bad.

Joan Sims looks bloated and old, Kenneth Connor's not the little bloke with humorous quirks that we know and love him for in the series...there's nothing in here that actually works. There's no gags that are humorous.

There's a hugely embarrassing scene where there's a soldier blinking heavily....and Kenneth Connor asks him 'why he's blinking'. The gag commences for a minute 'why are you blinking?' 'no I'm blinking not' 'yes you blinking are'....That unfortunately is the level of humour used in this awful film.

You can see them trying to go back to Carry on Sergeant...but that's like trying to find Debbie Harry attractive when she's an eighty year old pensioner based on 'how she used to be'.

Kenneth Connor in his first lead role for the Carry on's deserved better than this. Patrick Mower is not carry on material.

avoid.

Details

Official Sites:

Carry On Line

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ist ja irre - Retter der Nation

Filming Locations:

Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP220,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Rank Organisation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (archive footage in closing scenes) Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1