That's Carry On (1977)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

Anthony Church (screenplay)
Sid Colin (archive footage)
(more)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Everyone who's anyone is in it .. right in it!!! The best gags from the Carry On series

Plot:

That's Carry on is a 'best of the carry on's' movie with Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introducing...

Plot Keywords:

Carry On | Sequel | Independent Film

Cast

Kenneth Williams	...	Introduced by / Interrupted by / Various Characters
Barbara Windsor	...	Introduced by / Interrupted by / Various Characters
Eric Barker	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Amanda Barrie	...	Cleopatra (archive footage)
John Bluthal	...	Royal Taylor (archive footage)
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Peter Butterworth	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Gerald Campion	...	Andy Calloway (archive footage)
Esma Cannon	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Roy Castle	...	Captain Keene (archive footage)
John Clive	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Kenneth Connor	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Kenneth Cope	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Harry H. Corbett	...	Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
Bernard Cribbins	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Jim Dale	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Windsor Davies	...	Fred Ramsden (archive footage)
Ed Devereaux	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Angela Douglas	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Jack Douglas	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Shirley Eaton	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Fenella Fielding	...	Valeria Watt (archive footage)
Peter Gilmore	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Anita Harris	...	Various characters (archive footage)
William Hartnell	...	Sergeant Grimshawe (archive footage)
Imogen Hassall	...	Jenny Grubb (archive footage)
Charles Hawtrey	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Percy Herbert	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Joan Hickson	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Julian Holloway	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Frankie Howerd	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Colonel (archive footage) (as Wilfred Hyde White)
Hattie Jacques	...	Various characters (archive footage)
June Jago	...	Sister Hoggett (archive footage)
Sid James	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (as Sidney James)
Rosalind Knight	...	Felicity Wheeler (archive footage)
Dilys Laye	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Valerie Leon	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Harry Locke	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Jimmy Logan	...	Bert Conway (archive footage)
Terence Longdon	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (as Terence Longden)
Kenny Lynch	...	Bus Conductor (archive footage)
Victor Maddern	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Elspeth March	...	Lady Binder (archive footage)
Betty Marsden	...	Mata Hari (archive footage)
Juliet Mills	...	Sally (archive footage)
Warren Mitchell	...	Spencius (archive footage)
Bob Monkhouse	...	Charlie Sage (archive footage)
Margaret Nolan	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Richard O'Callaghan	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Julian Orchard	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Bill Owen	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Lance Percival	...	Wilfred Haines (archive footage)
Leslie Phillips	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Jacki Piper	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Ted Ray	...	William Wakefield (archive footage)
Patsy Rowlands	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Terry Scott	...	Various Characters (archive footage)
Phil Silvers	...	Sergeant Nocker (archive footage)
Joan Sims	...	Various characters (archive footage)
Madeline Smith	...	Mrs. Pullitt (archive footage)
Elke Sommer	...	Professor Anna Vooshka (archive footage)
Susan Stephen	...	Nurse Georgie Axwell (archive footage)
Marianne Stone	...	Various characters (archive footage)
June Whitfield	...	Various characters (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susan Beaumont	...	Frances James (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sydney Bromley	...	Houston, Sam (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Brooks	...	Georgio (archive footage) (uncredited)
Simon Cain	...	Short (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Norman Chappell	...	Allbright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Clegg	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peggy Ann Clifford	...	Willa Claudia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Cornelius	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Davenport	...	Bilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sally Douglas	...	Antony's Dusky Maiden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth	...	Specialist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths	...	Old Lady in Headphones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Penny Irving	...	Lizzy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gertan Klauber	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Lancaster	...	Miss Armitage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Freddie Mills	...	Jewel Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Nightingale	...	Man in Cinema (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Oulton	...	Brutus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar	...	Bus Conductor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valerie Shute	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julie Stevens	...	Gloria (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Taylor	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Thompson	...	Sam Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valerie Van Ost	...	Nurse Parkin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wanda Ventham	...	Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerald Thomas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anthony Church		screenplay (as Tony Church)
Sid Colin		archive footage
Dave Freeman		archive footage
Norman Hudis		archive footage
Talbot Rothwell		archive footage

Produced by
Peter Rogers	....	producer

Cinematography by
Tony Imi

Film Editing by
Jack Gardner

Production Management
Roy Goddard	....	production manager

Sound Department
Ken Barker	....	sound recordist
Danny Daniel	....	sound recordist
Christopher Lancaster	....	dubbing editor

Other crew
Gerald Thomas	....	compiled by

Production Companies

• Rank Organisation, The (presents)

Distributors

• J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1977) (UK) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Carlton Visual Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Rank Video Library (1986) (UK) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (UK) (VHS)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating)

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

The film came about due to MGM's successful compilation That's Entertainment! (1974), so producer Peter Rogers decided to do a tribute to "Carry On...".

Movie Connections:

Follows Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)

THAT'S CARRY ON (Gerald Thomas, 1977) **

This is rather a lackluster "Best Of" compilation overall; it takes a more-or-less chronological look at the series but then omits entirely the most recent effort up to that time i.e. CARRY ON ENGLAND (1976)! Linking material features stalwarts Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor mugging and witlessly chatting; however, no real discussion is made on how the series evolved to begin with…or, for that matter, any background given on individual performers.

Some of the series highlights are seen, to be sure – and Williams does single out his role in CARRY ON...UP THE KHYBER (1968; scenes from which open and close this film) as being his personal favorite – but, watched out of context, they just don't have the desired effect (even if several of them came from entries I viewed only recently)!