Carry On England

1976 1h 29m EN

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★4.5TMDB · 47

Comedy

Synopsis

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Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kenneth Connor
Captain S. Melly
Windsor Davies
Sergeant Major "Tiger" Bloomer
Judy Geeson
Sergeant Tilly Willing
Patrick Mower
Sergeant Leonard Able
Jack Douglas
Bombardier Ready
Joan Sims
Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
Melvyn Hayes
Gunner Shorthouse
Peter Butterworth
Major Carstairs

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Writers: David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 8

ERA

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50 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 Richard Marden 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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Kenneth Connor and Windsor Davies and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0074286 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

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

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Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
250 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 Richard Marden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kenneth Connor and Windsor Davies and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0074286 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ernest Steward
Editing: Richard Marden
Costume design: Courtenay Elliott
Makeup / hair: Stella Rivers
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Carry On England (1976)

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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CinemaSerf2023-07-21
★ 5/10
I'm afraid that by 1976, this franchise had well and truly run it's course - and this puerile and really quite tacky attempt at a wartime comedy put a final nail in it's coffin. Funnily enough, the innuendo-ridden character names look better on paper than they do when mentioned on screen - as illustrated by Kenneth Connor's lead character "Capt. S. Melly" who, alongside his sergeant-major "Bloomer" (Windsor Davies) spend their time trying to keep the men and women from their platoon from getting into any hanky panky. Trousers are constantly up and down, knickers fly from flagpoles, there are even tunnels used in attempt to lift this from the comedy doldrums but unfortunately they just don't work. It's way too predictable and the innocent cheekiness of the earlier films has been replaced by a rather crass degree of smuttiness that just makes this a bit crude. Joan Sims tries hard to bring back some semblance of the old days, but by the end you really do realise just how much better Messrs. James/Hawtrey/Williams and Hattie Jacques actually were at delivering a light-hearted comedy with an hint of naughtiness. I'd just give this a miss, sorry.

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