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Review Cinema Club / Carry On Christmas Capers [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Hattie Jacques
  • Peter Butterworth
  • Kenneth Connor
  • Barbara Windsor
  • Joan Sims
  • Ronnie Baxter
Release date: 1996-11-04
Run time: 49 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £9.99

Review Carry On Christmas Capers [1972] / Cinema Club:


Review TOP RANK / Carry on Laughing-Medical Madness
Actors & Directors
  • SIDNEY JAMES
  • HATTIE JACQUES
  • ET AL.
  • CHARLES DAWTREY
  • KENNETH WILLIAMS
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £44.90

Review Carry on Laughing-Medical Madness / TOP RANK:

CARRY 0N LAUGHING - MEDICAL MADNESS is over 90 minutes of the funniest moments to arise whenever the Carry On team are let loose in a hospital! If you're looking for a programme that will have you in stitches, this is it - it's better than a tank of laughing gas!

Review Cinema Club / Carry On Doctor / Carry On Again Doctor [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Sid James
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Jim Dale
  • Frankie Howerd
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Kenneth Williams
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 177 min.
Price: £9.99

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Review Cinema Club / Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Sid James
  • Peter Butterworth
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Jim Dale
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Kenneth Williams
Release date: 1992-03-16
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.86

Review Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967] / Cinema Club:

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head parodies the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with crinkly, cackling Sid James as master of disguise the Black Fingernail and Jim Dale as his assistant Lord Darcy. He must rescue preposterously effete aristo Charles Hawtrey from the clutches of Kenneth Williams' fiendish Citizen Camembert and his sidekick Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth). The Black Fingernail is assisted in his efforts to thwart the birth of the burgeoning republic by the almost supernatural stupidity of his opponents, who fail to recognise the frankly undisguisable Sid James even when dressed as a flirty young woman. What with an executioner who is tricked into beheading himself in order to prove the efficacy of his own guillotine, it's all a little too easy. As usual, no groan-worthy pun is left unturned, nor unheralded by the soundtrack strains of a long whistle or wah-wah trumpet. This is pretty silly stuff even by Carry On standards, with most of the cast barely required to come out of first gear and an overlong climactic swordfight sequence hardly raising the dramatic stakes. Most of the humour here resides neither in the script nor the characterisation but in the endlessly watchable Williams' whooping, nasal delivery (occasionally lapsing into broad Cockney) and the jowl movements of the always-underrated Butterworth. On the DVD: There are no extra features except scene selection. The picture is 4:3 full screen ratio. -David Stubbs.

Actors & Directors
  • Joan Sims
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Roy Castle
  • Sid James
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Gerald Thomas
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99

Review Carry On Up The Khyber - Collector's Edition [1968] / Cinema Club:

Filmed in 1968 and set in British India in 1895, Carry On Up the Khyber is one of the team's most memorable efforts. Sid James plays Sid James as ever, though nominally his role is that of Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, the unflappable British Governor who must deal with the snakelike, scheming Khasi of Khalabar, played by Kenneth Williams. A crisis occurs when the mystique of the "devils in skirts" of the 3rd Foot and Mouth regiment is exploded when one of their number, the sensitive-to-draughts Charles Hawtrey, is discovered by the natives to be wearing underpants. Revolt is in the offing, with Bernard Bresslaw once again playing a seething native warrior. Roy Castle neatly plays the sort of role normally assigned to Jim Dale, as the ineffectual young officer, Peter Butterworth is a splendid compromised evangelist, while Terry Scott puts his comedic all into the role of the gruff Sergeant. Most enduring, however, is the final dinner party sequence in which the British contingent, with the Burpas at the gates of the compound, and plaster falling all about them, demonstrate typical insouciance in the face of imminent peril. The "I'm Backing Britain" Union Jack hoist at the end, however, over-excitedly reveals the streak of reactionary patriotism that lurked beneath the bumbling double-entendres of most Carry On films. -David Stubbs.

Actors & Directors
  • Joan Sims
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Kenneth Connor
  • Beryl Reid
  • Peter Butterworth
  • Gerald Thomas
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.16

Review Carry on Emmanuelle [1973] / Cinema Club:


Actors & Directors
  • Phil Silvers
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Jim Dale
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Peter Butterworth
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.70

Review Carry on Follow/Camel [1967] / Cinema Club:


Review Cinema Club / Carry On Up The Jungle / Carry On Up The Khyber [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Joan Sims
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Sid James
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Frankie Howerd
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 173 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Carry On Up The Jungle / Carry On Up The Khyber [1968] / Cinema Club:


Review Cinema Club / Carry On Loving / Carry On Behind [1970]
Actors & Directors
  • Sid James
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Joan Sims
  • Hattie Jacques
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 174 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.50

Review Carry On Loving / Carry On Behind [1970] / Cinema Club:


Review Cinema Club / Carry On Abroad / Carry On England [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Joan Sims
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Windsor Davies
  • Sid James
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Kenneth Connor
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 168 min.
Price: £9.99

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Review Cinema Club / Carry On Doctor [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Jim Dale
  • Sid James
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Frankie Howerd
Release date: 1995-09-11
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.00

Review Carry On Doctor [1967] / Cinema Club:

Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from the familiar gang, assisted by guest star Frankie Howerd as bogus faith healer Francis Bigger. Hospitals, of course, always provided the Carry On producers with plenty of material. Today, these comedies induce a twinge of serious nostalgia for the great days of the National Health Service when Matron (Hattie Jacques, naturally) ran the hospital as if it was a house of correction, medical professionals were idolised as if they were all Doctor Kildare and Accident and Emergency Departments were deserted oases of calm. But even if you aren't interested in a history lesson, Talbot Rothwell's script contains some immortal dialogue, particularly when Matron loosens her stays. "You may not realise it but I was once a weak man", says Kenneth Williams' terrified Doctor Tinkle to Hattie Jacques. "Once a week's enough for any man", she purrs back, undaunted. Other highlights include Joan Sims, excellent as Frankie Howerd's deaf, bespectacled sidekick, Charles Hawtrey suffering from a phantom pregnancy, 1960s singer Anita Harris in a rare film role, and Barbara Windsor at her most irrepressible as nurse Sandra May. This is one of the best. On the DVD: Presented in 1. 77:1 format for a pseudo-widescreen effect, the picture quality is good and sharp, accompanied by a standard mono soundtrack. [+]
The same no-frills approach is taken with the packaging; a functional scene index and no extras. Yet again, a missed opportunity to use the DVD release to provide some context. At their best, the Carry On films are rightly seen as classic comedies of their type. They really deserve to be better celebrated. -Piers Ford.

Review Cinema Club / Carry On Matron / Carry On At Your Convenience [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • Hattie Jacques
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Sid James
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Joan Sims
  • Gerald Thomas
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 172 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Carry On Matron / Carry On At Your Convenience [1971] / Cinema Club:


Review Cinema Club / Carry On Matron [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Sid James
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Joan Sims
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Hattie Jacques
Release date: 1995-04-03
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.98

Review Carry On Matron [1972] / Cinema Club:

Hattie Jacques finally got to the play the title role in 1972 when Carry On Matron immortalised the character she had developed during several previous outings, most notably in Carry On Doctor. And she seized it with gusto. This is no one-dimensional performance, but a very human portrait of a woman doing her best to retain her authority in the face of mounting chaos-a raid planned by Sid James to steal the hospital's supply of contraceptive pills. Certainly, she's obsessed with regular bowel movements-this wouldn't be a Carry On film otherwise-but she remains a majestic figure of dignity with a touch of human warmth. Occasionally, too, a real hint of irony peeks through the slapstick and the innuendo. Surely scriptwriter Talbot Rothwell had his tongue lodged firmly in his cheek when he gave Barbara Windsor-then married to Ronnie Knight-the line, "I don't fancy being a gangster's moll!" Terry Scott makes a guest appearance and Sid James is at his most conniving and lecherous. Theatre impresario Bill Kenwright has a cameo role and there's an early appearance from Wendy Richard as a prototype Pauline Fowler. But it's the female stalwarts who shine. Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques were truly comic actresses of the highest order. -Piers Ford.

Actors & Directors
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Frankie Howerd
  • Sid James
  • Jim Dale
  • Kenneth Williams
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.10

Review Carry on Doctor [1967] / Cinema Club:

Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from the familiar gang, assisted by guest star Frankie Howerd as bogus faith healer Francis Bigger. Hospitals, of course, always provided the Carry On producers with plenty of material. Today, these comedies induce a twinge of serious nostalgia for the great days of the National Health Service when Matron (Hattie Jacques, naturally) ran the hospital as if it was a house of correction, medical professionals were idolised as if they were all Doctor Kildare and Accident and Emergency Departments were deserted oases of calm. But even if you aren't interested in a history lesson, Talbot Rothwell's script contains some immortal dialogue, particularly when Matron loosens her stays. "You may not realise it but I was once a weak man", says Kenneth Williams' terrified Doctor Tinkle to Hattie Jacques. "Once a week's enough for any man", she purrs back, undaunted. Other highlights include Joan Sims, excellent as Frankie Howerd's deaf, bespectacled sidekick, Charles Hawtrey suffering from a phantom pregnancy, 1960s singer Anita Harris in a rare film role, and Barbara Windsor at her most irrepressible as nurse Sandra May. This is one of the best. On the DVD: Presented in 1. 77:1 format for a pseudo-widescreen effect, the picture quality is good and sharp, accompanied by a standard mono soundtrack. [+]
The same no-frills approach is taken with the packaging; a functional scene index and no extras. Yet again, a missed opportunity to use the DVD release to provide some context. At their best, the Carry On films are rightly seen as classic comedies of their type. They really deserve to be better celebrated. -Piers Ford.

Review Cinema Club / Carry On Follow That Camel / Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Phil Silvers
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Joan Sims
  • Jim Dale
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Charles Hawtrey
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £10.95

Review Carry On Follow That Camel / Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967] / Cinema Club:


Actors & Directors
  • Judy Geeson
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Kenneth Connor
  • Windsor Davies
  • Jack Douglas
  • Patrick Mower
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99

Review Carry on England [1976] / Cinema Club:

By way of an experiment, a mixed-sex anti-aircraft battery is set up during World War II. The result is Carry On England, and the sex is indeed pretty mixed, although the drafting in of Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson rather demonstrates the need for at least some of the cast to be attractive in order to make this premise feasible. For the most part, of course, it's tits-out sex-comedy slapstick all the way, but there's a nicely ambivalent performance from Kenneth Connor, who portrays the wartime British officer class as being pretty much bonkers, a telling interpretation which Stephen Fry was to perfect years later in Blackadder Goes Forth. The location is of course typically Carry On cheap-and-cheerful, but its inevitable drabness, together with the indistinguishable khaki uniforms, tends to put a bit of a damper on the adult-panto atmosphere which the best Carry Ons deliver. The cast commendably manage to transcend this, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had. On the DVD: The feature is presented in 1. 77:1 aspect ratio, but the disc has no added features. -Roger Thomas.

Review Cinema Club / Carry On Dick / Carry On Henry [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • Hattie Jacques
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Barbara Windsor
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Sid James
  • Joan Sims
Release date: 2000-09-30
Run time: 173 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Carry On Dick / Carry On Henry [1971] / Cinema Club:


Actors & Directors
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Terry Scott
  • Sid James
  • Joan Sims
  • Charles Hawtrey
  • Gerald Thomas
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98

Review Carry on Henry [1971] / Cinema Club:

Shot in the bright postal colours of a seaside postcard, Carry on Henry applies the usual Carry On sniggering to the married life of Henry VIII. Talbot Rothwell's script is standard bedroom farce and full of jokes about choppers, while the threat of beheading and the actuality of torture are constantly present but only as the terrible things that happen to cartoon characters who will be back next time. Sid James turns in one of his better performances as the endlessly lecherous and fickle Henry, married to Joan Sims and lusting after Barbara Windsor. There is a genuine sexual chemistry between James and Windsor which at times almost breaks open the farce formula. The usual regulars-Kenneth Williams as Thomas Cromwell, Terry Scott as Cardinal Wolsey, Charles Hawtrey as Sir Roger-do their usual turns; Williams is more subdued than usual, while Hawtrey hugely enjoys playing the Queen's secret lover. This was not one of the high points of the series, but it has its own curious charm. On the DVD: The DVD has no extras whatever, but is a good clean print in 1. 77:1 ratio with crisp mono sound. -Roz Kaveney.

Actors & Directors
  • Barbara Windsor
  • Bernard Bresslaw
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Sid James
  • Hattie Jacques
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.84

Review Carry on Dick [1974] / Cinema Club:

The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On movies: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter-ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series-a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes-but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD has no frills: it is presented in mono and 4:3 screen ratio. -Roz Kaveney.

Actors & Directors
  • Gerald Thomas
  • Joan Sims
  • Sid James
  • Barbara Windsor
  • Kenneth Connor
  • Bernard Bresslaw
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.50

Review Carry on Girls [1973] / Cinema Club:

Carry On Girls was the last really successful instalment of the epic series of British film comedies. It's studded with gems of cameo performances and a tremendously innuendo-laden Talbot Rothwell script that is easily the equal of any of its predecessors. The setting, a beauty contest to raise the profile of the dismal resort Fircombe-on-Sea, is ripe for politically incorrect activity of the sort that could only be conducted by Sid James at the height of his lecherous powers. Enter Bernard Bresslaw in a corset, Wendy Richard as Ida Downs, Barbara Windsor as Miss Easy Rider and a host of other semi-clad lovelies and watch as the whole thing rises to a slapstick climax of frisky old colonels, bikinis, bosoms and itching powder. In the smaller roles, Joan Hickson (BBC television's Miss Marple) is hilarious as an elderly woman who believes she is a man-magnet and the always under-used Patsy Rowlands excels as the downtrodden mayor's wife, a worm who finally turns. But in many ways this is June Whitfield's film. As the terrifying reactionary councillor Mrs Prodworthy, with a butch lesbian sidekick, she plots the downfall of her male colleagues with classic lines. "Rosemary, get the candle", she orders as Patsy Rowlands requests initiation into the cause. Margaret Thatcher never sounded so ominous. On the DVD: Like most of the other DVD Carry On releases, this one is presented in 4:3 format with a mono soundtrack. [+]
All right, you don't really need anything more sophisticated to recreate the cosy ritual of Carry On watching in your living room. And the print is good and sharp. But apart from the usual scene index, the lack of extras reflects a disappointingly unimaginative approach to celebrating a genre of film comedy that, for all its low budget reputation, provided a showcase for the cream of a whole generation of British comic actors. They deserve better. -Piers Ford.

Models & Brands:
Carry On Christmas Capers [1972], Carry on Laughing-Medical Madness, Carry On Doctor / Carry On Again Doctor [1967], Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967], Carry On Up The Khyber - Collector's Edition [1968], Carry on Emmanuelle [1973], Carry on Follow/Camel [1967], Carry On Up The Jungle / Carry On Up The Khyber [1968], Carry On Loving / Carry On Behind [1970], Carry On Abroad / Carry On England [1973], Carry On Doctor [1967], Carry On Matron / Carry On At Your Convenience [1971], Carry On Matron [1972], Carry on Doctor [1967], Carry On Follow That Camel / Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [1967], Carry on England [1976], Carry On Dick / Carry On Henry [1971], Carry on Henry [1971], Carry on Dick [1974], Carry on Girls [1973]

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