Carry on Regardless (1961)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Norman Hudis (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 June 1962 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Laugh On . . . Regardless - with Carry on Regardless [Australia]

Plot:

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the...

Plot Keywords:

Photograph | Knitting | Policeman | Sequel | Nurse

Cast

Sid James	...	Bert Handy (as Sidney James)
Kenneth Connor	...	Sam Twist
Charles Hawtrey	...	Gabriel Dimple
Joan Sims	...	Lily Duveen
Kenneth Williams	...	Francis Courtenay
Bill Owen	...	Mike Weston
Liz Fraser	...	Delia King
Terence Longdon	...	Montgomery Infield-Hopping
Hattie Jacques	...	Sister
Esma Cannon	...	Miss Cooling
Sydney Tafler	...	Strip Club Manager
Julia Arnall	...	Trudy Trelawney
Terence Alexander	...	Trevor Trelawney
Stanley Unwin	...	Landlord
Joan Hickson	...	Matron

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG (video rating) | UK:U (original rating) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

15 Park Street, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Peter Rogers Productions

Trivia:

The last full length feature film of Cyril Raymond.

Quotes:

Lily Duveen: You know it'll take ninety-nine years to clear up this dump.
Bert Handy: Yeah, well, step by step. That's the method. Little by little.
Sam Twist: Okay then, boss, where do we start?
Bert Handy: Well, I reckon to make it easier for us to walk about. We ought to sweep the floor first.
Delia King: I don't wish to interfere, but I'd have thought it better to start cleaning at the top of the house.
Lily Duveen: Yes, quite right, I mean disturbed dust will only fall down and muck up what we've already cleaned up.
Francis Courtenay: Ladies and gentlemen, may I submit, with the greatest of respect, and for the sake of efficient team working that we all belt up!
Bert Handy: Hear, hear!
Lily Duveen: Always the gentleman!
Sam Twist: Ooh, ain't he common!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Kenneth Williams: In His Own Words (2006) (TV)

Mr Unwin is a genius

This "Carry on" as other writers have noted has no plot but that does not detract at all from enjoying it because its like a series of delightfully funny sketches. Lets face it plot was never very important in this series any way. The sketches are fun. Some of course are more successful than others but there are moments in this Carry on that are simply priceless. One problem is the usual weak link in the series, Kenneth Connor. The producers must have been very fond of him because he is always given more to do than the others. The 39 steps send up is dull. He annoys me. It is not that he is a bad actor, far from it its that the characters he played do not hold up today. He is not quite as annoying as I usually found him and his scene with the great Finella Fielding is a joy. This wonderful actress graced the screen when ever we saw her. I wonder if she always played this character because she did it to perfection. What a brilliant actress! There are plenty of other great performers in this movie. Australians will recognise June Jago a small role and the great Ed Devereaux in an all all too short appearance as an insanely jealous husband. Of course the more one reads about the great Charles Hawtrey makes one wonder what was really going on in his mind in that scene with the incredibly cute boxer who strains his finger. Hawtrey is in great form here. Kenneth Williams is brilliant and he gives one of his best. The chimp scene is lovely and that little animal gives a great performance too. I hope there was no cruelty to the beautiful creature, one worries about these early films. Sid James is nicely restrained. Fine old actors like Esma Cannon and Joan Hickson are as always brilliant and although Hatti Jaques only has a small role, she lifts the film as always. The Joan Sims drunk scene is a master piece. She was always a winner. The scene when we are meant to be convinced she is fat does not work. I find her very attractive. This is one of her very best. The best performance comes from gobbledegook talker Stanley Unwin. I don't know how he does it but I have not laughed so much in a while. Esma Cannon's reaction to him are hilarious. A fun movie. For me it gets an 8.I must say it is Unwin who steals the film... remarkable and what an incredible gift. I cannot do it nor can many people.