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Carry On Constable *** (1960, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 1,908

Gerald Thomas’s 1960 laughter-raiser Carry On Constable is number four in the Carry On series of 31 films. Sid James stars as police Sgt Frank Wilkins trying to cope with comic cops Kenneth Connor, Kenneth […]

Dec, 01

Carry On Cabby *** (1963, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Esma Cannon) – Classic Movie Review 1907

  Director Gerald Thomas’s 1963 comedy Carry On Cabby was planned as a non-Carry On film called Call Me a Cab, which in fact is neatly the film’s last line spoken by Sidney James as Charlie Hawkins, […]

Dec, 01

Carry On Dick *** (1974, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques) – Classic Movie Review 1906

‘Dick Turpin carries on with his flintlock cocked!’ Madame Desirée: ‘That doesn’t scare me. I’ve seen bigger ones in my time.’  Dick Turpin: ‘That doesn’t surprise me.’  Director Gerald Thomas’s 1974 historical fiction Carry On […]

Dec, 01

Carry On Abroad *** (1972, Sid James, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw) – Classic Movie Review 1,883

Sid James and Joan Sims play Vic and Cora Flange, who join a motley crew of British holidaymakers on a four-day package tour to the Spanish resort of the island of Elsbels on the Costa […]

Nov, 25

The Smallest Show on Earth ***** (1957, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Miles) – Classic Movie Review 1643

Small is beautiful. Happy days with the ramshackle, debt-ridden old London fleapit cinema called The Bijou in the 1957 Brit comedy film The Smallest Show on Earth. Director Basil Dearden’s adorable 1957 British comedy classic […]

Sep, 07

The Titfield Thunderbolt ***** (1953, Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson) – Classic Movie Review 1640

  English villagers take direct action when their rail line faces heartless government closure by running it themselves. Charles Crichton’s 1953 Ealing Studios comedy gem The Titfield Thunderbolt glories in the antique values of the […]

Sep, 06

Carry On Matron *** (1972, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey) – Classic Movie Review 1212

‘ Matron, the screens!’ Director Gerald Thomas’s 1972 film is the 23rd in the series and the fourth Carry On with a hospital background. Most of the regular team is assembled in an amusing episode, back […]

May, 14

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