Just saw this (2023) and I think I last saw it in complete form way back when it first came out?
Bits of it have popped up in film review shows, but it was good to see it again. Some Carry On devotees may not have seen the earliest films in the series, so are unaware that the first 5 or 6 were just lovely, British light comedies, of the type our hard-up film industry made so many after WW2.
This one has bumbling nitwits in a police station, with Sid James in his first Carry On role as the Sergeant. They're all helped by acting stalwarts like Joan Hickson, and Irene Handl, and though it's all pretty silly, it is after all a comedy.
And it has a feel-good ending, just a great example of what the British film industry could do on a very tight budget. Special mention for Leslie Phillips, drops into his "ooooh, I sayyyyyyy" leer a couple of times, would be seen countless more times in films and TV, though in this case he had Shirley Eaton and Jill Adams to lust after, so every excuse!
The franchise soon transferred into its better-known guise, 'seaside postcard' bawdy humour, with the likes of Carry On Cabby, Cleo, and Cowboy (etc etc), the well-known regulars, and occasional guest stars.
Bits of it have popped up in film review shows, but it was good to see it again. Some Carry On devotees may not have seen the earliest films in the series, so are unaware that the first 5 or 6 were just lovely, British light comedies, of the type our hard-up film industry made so many after WW2.
This one has bumbling nitwits in a police station, with Sid James in his first Carry On role as the Sergeant. They're all helped by acting stalwarts like Joan Hickson, and Irene Handl, and though it's all pretty silly, it is after all a comedy.
And it has a feel-good ending, just a great example of what the British film industry could do on a very tight budget. Special mention for Leslie Phillips, drops into his "ooooh, I sayyyyyyy" leer a couple of times, would be seen countless more times in films and TV, though in this case he had Shirley Eaton and Jill Adams to lust after, so every excuse!
The franchise soon transferred into its better-known guise, 'seaside postcard' bawdy humour, with the likes of Carry On Cabby, Cleo, and Cowboy (etc etc), the well-known regulars, and occasional guest stars.