Carry On Cowboy

"How the west was lost!"

1965 1h 33m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 92

ComedyWestern

Synopsis

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Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.

“How the west was lost!”

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Cast

Sidney James
Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
Kenneth Williams
Judge Burke
Jim Dale
Marshal P. Knutt
Charles Hawtrey
Chief Big Heap
Joan Sims
Belle
Angela Douglas
Annie Oakley
Bernard Bresslaw
Little Heap
Peter Butterworth
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gerald Thomas
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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61 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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

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ERA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eric Rogers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Rod Nelson-Keys 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 Kenneth Williams and Jim Dale carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How the west was lost!".

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IMDB entry: tt0059014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gerald Thomas directs. Alan Hume behind the camera. Eric Rogers scores. Rod Nelson-Keys cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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161 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Carry On Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Gerald Thomas, shot by Alan Hume. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Eric Rogers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Rod Nelson-Keys shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sidney James and Kenneth Williams and Jim Dale carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "How the west was lost!".
8IMDB entry: tt0059014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 92 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 14 themes, including "sheriff", "saloon", "judge", "plumber".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alan Hume
Original score: Eric Rogers
Editing: Rod Nelson-Keys
Costume design: Cynthia Tingey
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Carry On Cowboy (1965)

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 Chard2017-02-19
★ 8/10
The Rumpo Kid and the parody supreme. When Judge Burke sends for help to rid Stodge City of The Rumpo Kid and his gang of trouble makers, he's delighted to hear that he is being sent a trained Marshall. Trouble is is that it's Marshall P. Knutt, a trained sanitary engineer. In 1964 the "Carry On" team has ventured into their first parody of the movies with Carry On Cleo. A huge success, and arguably the best film of the lot to many fans, it prompted the Thomas/Rogers/Rothwell team to believe that movie pastiche's was the way forward for the franchise. Enter Carry On Cowboy a year later. With a knowing of the genre and all its conventions, screenwriter Talbot Rothwell produced one of the better parodies to have ever been made. The stock cartoon fervour and cheeky asides still exist, but Carry On Cowboy is a more leaner, even darker "Carry On" than any of the others film's in the series. In its own right, with out the "Carry On" name attached, it's a fine comedy, with dashes of violence and even a revenge thread running thru it (courtesy of the gorgeous Angela Douglas as Annie Oakley). It's also one of the few film's in the series to demand a bit more from its actors outside of guffaw jinx and innuendos. Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Joan Sims rise to the challenge, happy in the knowledge that Jim Dale and Charles Hawtrey were there to grab (and get) the laughs. 8/10
CinemaSerf2023-07-26
★ 6/10
When the legendary "Rumpo Kid" (Sid James) rides into the peaceful, tee-total town of Stodge City (population 201-204, depending), he shatters that tranquility despite the protestations of the local judge "Burke" (Kenneth Williams). Pretty soon, whisky is flowing, he is running/milking the town and has also befriended the glamorous "Bella" (Joan Sims) who is the star turn at the hotel. Desperate, the judge asks the governor to send them a sheriff with backbone, and by return they mistakenly get the sanitary consultant "Knutt" (Jim Dale) who is to law and order what an one armed man might be to juggling! Luckily, he has the feisty "Annie Oakley" (Angela Douglas) to assist him and soon, well - think OK Corral - sort of! It's not much good this. Maybe because the American accents are all over the place, or because the story is really thin and I'm afraid that I just found the antics-style comedy from Dale a bit repetitive and dull. Charles Hawtrey's efforts as "Big Chief Heap" don't fare a great deal better, and this seemed like a far longer than ninety minute watch. Not sure it'd be at the top of John Wayne's list - it isn't at the top of mine, either.