RomanceComedy

Carry On Loving

- Their Mating Game is a Riot!

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.

Release Date : 1970-09-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sidney Bliss

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Percival Snooper

Original Name : Kenneth Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Bedsop

Original Name : Charles Hawtrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esme Crowfoot

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sophie Plummett

Original Name : Hattie Jacques

Gender : Female

Character Name : Terence Philpot

Original Name : Terry Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bertrum Muffet

Original Name : Richard O'Callaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gripper Burke

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally Martin

Original Name : Jacki Piper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenny Grubb

Original Name : Imogen Hassall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adrian

Original Name : Julian Holloway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gay

Original Name : Janet Mahoney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Corset Lady

Original Name : Amelia Bayntun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Lover

Original Name : Mike Grady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Dempsey

Original Name : Patsy Rowlands

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Deery

Original Name : Patricia Franklin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandpa Grub

Original Name : Bart Allison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Beatrice Grubb

Original Name : Dorothea Phillips

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wilberforce Grubb

Original Name : Colin Vancao

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boxing Second

Original Name : Joe Cornelius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barman

Original Name : Bill Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry

Original Name : Ronnie Brody

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Grubb

Original Name : Joan Hickson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl Lover

Original Name : Valerie Shute

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr Deery

Original Name : Bill Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lavatory Attendant

Original Name : Harry Shacklock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robinson

Original Name : Philip Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bishop

Original Name : Derek Francis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandma Grub

Original Name : Hilda Barry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Victoria Grubb

Original Name : Ann Way

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Ernest Grubb

Original Name : Gordon Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trainer

Original Name : Tom Clegg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Hospital

Original Name : Anthony Sagar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily

Original Name : Alexandra Dane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Violinist

Original Name : Sonny Farrar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pianist

Original Name : Josie Bradley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Anna Karen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Husband

Original Name : Lauri Lupino Lane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Window Dresser

Original Name : Gavin Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maitre d'

Original Name : Len Lowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Fred Griffiths

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bus Conductor

Original Name : Kenny Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Workman (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Adcock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Barton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sinister Client (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Butterworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Rodney Cardiff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Vic Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Tina Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Renee Heimer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Fran Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grubb Family Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Betty Huntley-Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pub Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Machon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Gerald Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Arnold Schulkes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wrestler (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Selby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Reg Thomason

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Ignorance actually is, in this case, Bliss! As the 1970s began, the Carry On team would continue undaunted by a new decade and a changing of the times, they instead embraced it with innuendo laden open arms - for better and worse as would prove to be the case. "Loving" finds Sid James and Hattie Jaques as a boyfriend and girlfriend couple operating under false pretences as a wedded bliss couple running a computer dating agency. The central theme is that of a number of hapless and lovelorn singletons who hope to get fixed up by the "Bliss Agency", only to find disaster after disaster, mismatch after mismatch, befalling those hoping for Cupid/Eros' arrows to strike. It's all very plot less, a sort of rerun of Carry On Regardless but with the amiable vignettes of that film replaced here with more knowingly bawdy and sexy scenarios. Terry Scott and James have fun as randy old devils, each thrust into a number of awkward situations via angry girlfriends & boyfriends, Kenny Williams gets the best part of the screenplay as a marriage guidance counsellor - and confirmed bachelor - hopelessly out of his depth when push comes to shove (ooh-err), while Jacki Piper and Imogen Hassall positively steam up the screen with underwear and push-up-bra revelations. The 70s would prove to be a troublesome decade for the series, and this does feel like the start of the slide, which is annoying since the rather cheeky and funny Carry On Up the Jungle was also released this same year. There is some value in "Loving", it has Sid and Hattie as a warring couple, which is always fun to be part of, while Williams and Scott throw themselves into their roles - just as Bernard Bresslaw steals scenes as a hulking wrestler miffed at Joan Sims' being the apple of Sid James' eye! But it feels forced and although it has some moments for fans to enjoy, the high points of Carry On Up the Kyber and the box office gold of Carry On Camping would ultimately prove to be nostalgic glances back to the series' better days. 6/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-06

"Sid" (Sidney James) and "Sophie" (Hattie Jacques) run the "Wedded Bliss" dating agency that supposedly uses complex computer algorithms to match couples. Their cleverly entitled "to wit to woo" brochure is supposed to help make true love blossom but it's a "Carry On" so of course you're going to get the mismatches of the century playing out for the next ninety minutes. This is one of the more memorable of the franchise for me. The comedy bond between James and Jacques was always a strong one and here there is just enough humour - as opposed to tacky innuendo - to keep the thing entertaining enough with Joan Sims and a rather unlikely Lothario in Terry Scott, adding well too. It's not one of the better roles for Kenneth Williams ("Snooper"), Charles Hawtrey's "Bedsop" was actually quite annoying and it definitely recycles a few earlier ideas just once too often, but as these films go this is a slightly better effort that maybe raises a titter rather than a laugh and passes the time in a predictably smutty fashion.