Carry On Camping

"Fun and games in the great outdoors!"

1969 1h 28m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 111

Comedy

Synopsis

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Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.

“Fun and games in the great outdoors!”

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Cast

Sidney James
Sid Boggle
Charles Hawtrey
Mr. Charlie Muggins
Joan Sims
Joan Fussey
Kenneth Williams
Dr. Kenneth Soaper
Terry Scott
Peter Potter
Barbara Windsor
Babs
Hattie Jacques
Miss Haggerd
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernie Lugg

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Writers: Talbot Rothwell
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 8

ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Ernest Steward. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

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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Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Fun and games in the great outdoors!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0064133 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gerald Thomas directs. Ernest Steward behind the camera. Alfred Roome cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Ernest Steward. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Fun and games in the great outdoors!".
8IMDB entry: tt0064133 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "countryside", "nudist camp", "holiday", "camping".
10Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ernest Steward
Editing: Alfred Roome
Costume design: Yvonne Caffin
Makeup / hair: Stella Rivers
Sound: Otto Snel
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Carry On Camping (1969)

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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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-07-24
★ 6/10
"Boggle" (Sid James) and girlfriend "Fussey" (Joan Simms) decide to take a camping holiday with their best pals "Bernie" (Bernard Bresslaw) and "Anthea" (Dilys Laye). Now the boys reckon they have alighted on a nudist camp site, but sadly they got that wrong and after being fleeced by the owner (Peter Buttherworth) they embark on a series of escapades that introduce them to Kenneth Williams ("Dr. Soaper") reprising his doctor/matron relationship with Hattie Jacques and their bus-load of young nurses on a works holiday from their hospital. You can guess the rest as this innuendo-ridden slapstick extravaganza continues with incidents from just about every aspect of rural life packed in to varying degrees of comic effect. Though the punchlines are pretty clearly telegraphed, I found this to be one of the more natural and funnier outings for the gang. It's borderline farce a lot of the the time, and smutty as usual - but "Babs" (Barbara Windsor), "Peter" (Terry Scott) and his camping aficionado wife "Harriet" (Betty Marsden) all chip in a bit more substantially with the sub plots and that makes this a bit more entertaining. At the better end of the franchise, I'd say - and there's a goat!

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