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A Peter Rogers Production
Directed by Gerald Thomas |
1971
ColourScreenplay: Talbot Rothwell
Music: Eric Rogers
Certificate A/PG
90 minutes |
| Sid Plummer |
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Sid James
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| WC Boggs |
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Kenneth
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| Charlie Coote |
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Charles Hawtrey
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| Beattie Plummer |
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Hattie Jacques
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| Chloe Moore |
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Joan Sims
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| Bernie Hulke |
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Bernard Bresslaw
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Vic Spanner |
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Kenneth Cope
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| Miss Withering |
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Patsy Rowlands
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| Myrtle Plummer |
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Jacki Piper
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| Lewis Boggs |
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Richard O'Callaghan
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| Fred Moore |
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Bill Maynard
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| Benny |
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Davy Kaye
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| Agatha Spanner |
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Renee Houston
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| Maud |
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Marianne Stone
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| Popsy |
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Margaret Nolan
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| Willie |
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Geoffrey Hughes
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| Ernie |
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Hugh Futcher
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| Pub Manager |
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Bill Pertwee
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"The Carry On team throw caution to the wind and present an hour and a half of good. clean lavatorial humour.
Kenneth Williams is W.C. Boggs, the troubled owner of a small company trying to manufacture fine toiletware.
Incompetent management and a bolshy union are just about the least of Bogg's problems as you'll soon discover in this hysterical comedy that tells you everything you always wanted to know about your home's most vital convenience." |
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The Story
WC Boggs & Son make toilets...well, they do when the workforce aren't on strike, which isn't very often these days. Shop steward Vic Spanner jumps on every opportunity to call the workers out. In an effort to placate the workforce, Sid Plummer proposes a works outing - something which Boggs and the senior management decide to be a very good idea...
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Comments
This is the one; the best Carry On in the entire series; it's an absolute gem from beginning to end. Convenience was unpopular at the time, due to it's negative portrayal of trade unions, but looking beyond the surface, there's a wonderfully rich story which is not just full of jokes, but also full of good humour. My favourite segment is the outing to Brighton; the gang are all out to have a good time, and they certainly succeed in that. Put this in the video, sit back, and be prepared for one of the funniest films ever.
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