Carry On Behind

1975 1h 30m EN

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★5.5TMDB · 59

Comedy

Synopsis

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Professors Vooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the story ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Elke Sommer
Professor Anna Vooshka
Kenneth Williams
Professor Roland Crump
Bernard Bresslaw
Arthur Upmore
Kenneth Connor
Major Leep
Jack Douglas
Ernie Bragg
Joan Sims
Daphne Barnes
Windsor Davies
Fred Ramsden
Peter Butterworth
Henry Barnes

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Writers: Dave Freeman
Languages: English, German
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Elke Sommer and Kenneth Williams and Bernard Bresslaw carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0072764 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Gerald Thomas directs. Alfred Roome cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, German.

Trivia

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
4Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Elke Sommer and Kenneth Williams and Bernard Bresslaw carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0072764 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "mother", "holiday", "stripper", "caravan".

The technical file

Editing: Alfred Roome
Costume design: Courtenay Elliott
Makeup / hair: Stella Rivers
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Carry On Behind (1975)

Part of

Carry On Collection

This is classic British comedy at it's best! This collection contains all 31 hilarious Carry On movies. Starring: Kenneth Williams Charles Hawtrey Jim Dale Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Hattie Jacques Windsor Davies Valerie Leon Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Terry Scott Bill Maynard Phil Silvers Patsy Rowlands and Frankie Howerd.

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John Chard2014-12-28
★ 6/10
Carry On Behind (1975) A Site For Sore Thighs! It's a retread of Carry On Camping only with caravans as the usual array of characters are ripe for fun picking innuendo laden shenanigans. Plot for what it's worth has a bunch of Carry On holidaymakers caravanning next to a Roman excavation site being run by Prof Anna Vrooshka (Elke Sommer) and Prof. Roland Crump (Kenneth Williams). Chaos inevitable ensues. The absence of Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques and Terry Scott was always going to be felt (they had all left the franchise by this time), but Williams, Bernard Bresslaw , Kenneth Connor, Joan Simms and Peter Butterworth plough on stoically with the thin formulaic screenplay. Windsor Davis supplements them but he's no Sid James. The series would trundle out two more films in the 70s before the ill advised comeback movie in 1992 (Carry on Columbus), one of which was the dreadful Carry on England. "Behind" isn't an awful movie as it does have its moments, such as the by-play between Sommer and Williams, and Bresslaw's henpecked husband act. It's also a very good snapshot of the era with budget holidays pointing to the unsteady political climate, while the sexual aspects reek of a time well left behind - but those attitudes did exist back then. Passable Carry On fare but carrying with it the sadness in knowing the series was long past its sell by date. 6/10
CinemaSerf2023-07-26
★ 5/10
A renowned archaeologist "Prof. Crump" and his colleague "Prof. Vooshka" (Else Sommer) are trying to protect some Roman mosaics near a rural campsite that is full of randy campers and run by the pretty dodgy "Maj. Leep" (Kenneth Connor). She is quite keen on him, he is fairly inept - but maybe some ketchup can help them out? It's a bit of a rip-off of "Carry on Camping" (1969) and is, frankly, a really poor relation. Windsor Davies ("Fred") largely takes centre stage, and he overcooks the role with his increasingly annoying cheeky guffawing and slightly smutty mannerisms. Connor is also well past his best now with even the usually reliable Joan Sims looking out of sorts with her rather diminished role. Indeed, now the entire franchise has really become a rather crass and unfunny excuse for scantily clad gals and some lecherous old men. This just isn't funny. It's contrived, charm-free and for those of us in the UK, we can start to see a new generation of comedy actors (including Ian Lavender and Donald Hewlett) starting to come through in the stead of those who, even at their worst, were still much better than the assembled mediocrity we have here. Poor, sorry.