Carry on Regardless (1961)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas
(more)

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
Betty Marsden	...	Mata Hari
Fenella Fielding	...	Penny Panting
David Lodge	...	Connoisseur
Jerry Desmonde	...	Martin Paul (as Jerry Desmond)
Ambrosine Phillpotts	...	Yoki's Owner
Nicholas Parsons	...	Wolf
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Policeman
Cyril Raymond	...	Army Officer
Eric Pohlmann	...	Sinister Man
June Jago	...	Nurse
Michael Ward	...	Photographer
Douglas Ives	...	Fanatic Patient
Judith Furse	...	Formidable Woman
Howard Marion-Crawford	...	Wine-Tasting Organiser (as Howard Marion Crawford)
Eric Boon	...	Young Man
Tom Clegg	...	Massive Mickey McGee
Fraser Kerr	...	The Landlord
David Williams	...	Policeman
Jack Taylor	...	MC / Policeman
Freddie Mills	...	Lefty
Joe Robinson	...	Dynamite Dan
Norman Rossington	...	Referee
Anthony Sagar	...	Bus Conductor (as Tony Sagar)
David Stoll	...	Distraught Manager
Ian Curry	...	Leonard Beamish
Kynaston Reeves	...	Sir Theodore, Testy Old Man
Bernard Hunter	...	Wine Waiter
Jimmy Thompson	...	Mr. Delling
Molly Weir	...	Bird Woman
Fred Griffiths	...	Taxi Driver
Patrick Cargill	...	Raffish Customer
Carole Shelley	...	Helen Delling
Ed Devereaux	...	Mr. Panting
Victor Maddern	...	First Sinister Passenger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvonne Ball	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Sylvia Bidmead	...	Nurse (uncredited)
John Cabot	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
Jane Cavendish	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Conway	...	Man in Health Club (uncredited)
Helen Frayling	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Arthur Gomez	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths	...	Auntie (uncredited)
Tony Hankey	...	Old boy in Ruby Room (uncredited)
Charles Julian	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
James Lomas	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
John Moore	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
Maureen Moore	...	Pretty Probationer (uncredited)
Michael Nightingale	...	Wine Bystander (uncredited)
George Rigby	...	Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
Nancy Roberts	...	Old Lady (uncredited)
Sherry Ann Scott	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Penelope Service	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Denis Shaw	...	Second Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
George Street	...	Philosophers Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Ian Whittaker	...	Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Ian Wilson	...	Advertising Man (uncredited)
Madame Yang	...	Chinese Lady (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerald Thomas
Ralph Thomas		(uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Norman Hudis		screenplay

Produced by
Basil Keys	....	associate producer
Peter Rogers	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruce Montgomery

Cinematography by
Alan Hume		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Shirley

Casting by
Betty White

Art Direction by
Lionel Couch

Costume Design by
Joan Ellacott

Makeup Department
George Blackler	....	makeup artist
Biddy Chrystal	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Claude Watson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Causey	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Robert T. MacPhee	....	sound recordist
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound recordist (as Gordon McCallum)
Arthur Ridout	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Dudley Lovell	....	camera operator

Music Department
Bruce Montgomery	....	musical director

Other crew
Gladys Goldsmith	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Peter Rogers Productions

Distributors

• Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1961) (UK) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Governor Films (1963) (USA)

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:

Eleanor Summerfield filmed a scene with Charles Hawtrey, but the entire performance was cut because the scene had censor problems. This was due to a reference by Summerfield to Hawtrey being able to "do your part from the wardrobe". Another BBFC cut meant the alteration of Sam's line to Penny from "you're making it a little bit hard for me madam" to "you're making it a little bit difficult for me madam". These cuts remain in all later releases of the film.

Quotes:

Sir Theodore, Testy Old Man: Do you provide substitutes?
Miss Cooling: [shocked] No! This is a respectable firm!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Can We Carry On, Girls? (2001) (TV)

Wot a mixed up Carry On

This Carry On does not seem to have a story line- it is more of a series of sketches linked together only by "Helping Hands". However this is a good one, NOT quite what the tagline suggests, but a good one. Most of the main stars (to date) are here, and they all get their own sketches. My fav being the Kenneth Williams/Chimp one (But this could be because KW is the best "Carry On-er"!). Other highlights are the Joan Sims' sketch at a wine tasting party and the end scene whare all the gang demolish a house. Apart from Stanley Unwin (I can't stand the way he talks) this is a good-un.