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Comedy

Carry On Matron

- The Carry On team serve up another 'prescription' of hilarious comedy!!!

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

Release Date : 1972-05-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sid James

Character Name : Sid Carter

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Kenneth Williams

Character Name : Sir Bernard Cutting

Original Name : Kenneth Williams

Gender : Male

Charles Hawtrey

Character Name : Dr. Francis A. Goode

Original Name : Charles Hawtrey

Gender : Male

Joan Sims

Character Name : Mrs. Tidey

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Hattie Jacques

Character Name : Matron

Original Name : Hattie Jacques

Gender : Female

Bernard Bresslaw

Character Name : Ernie Bragg

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

Kenneth Cope

Character Name : Cyril Carter

Original Name : Kenneth Cope

Gender : Male

Terry Scott

Character Name : Dr. Prodd

Original Name : Terry Scott

Gender : Male

Barbara Windsor

Character Name : Nurse Susan Ball

Original Name : Barbara Windsor

Gender : Female

Kenneth Connor

Character Name : Mr. Tidey

Original Name : Kenneth Connor

Gender : Male

Jacki Piper

Character Name : Sister

Original Name : Jacki Piper

Gender : Female

Bill Maynard

Character Name : Freddy

Original Name : Bill Maynard

Gender : Male

Patsy Rowlands

Character Name : Evelyn Banks

Original Name : Patsy Rowlands

Gender : Female

Derek Francis

Character Name : Arthur

Original Name : Derek Francis

Gender : Male

Amelia Bayntun

Character Name : Mrs. Jenkins

Original Name : Amelia Bayntun

Gender : Male

Valerie Leon

Character Name : Jane Darling

Original Name : Valerie Leon

Gender : Female

Brian Osborne

Character Name : Ambulance Driver

Original Name : Brian Osborne

Gender : Male

Gwendolyn Watts

Character Name : Frances Kemp

Original Name : Gwendolyn Watts

Gender : Female

Valerie Shute

Character Name : Miss Smethurst

Original Name : Valerie Shute

Gender : Female

Margaret Nolan

Character Name : Mrs. Tucker

Original Name : Margaret Nolan

Gender : Female

Michael Nightingale

Character Name : Pearson

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Wendy Richard

Character Name : Miss Willing

Original Name : Wendy Richard

Gender : Female

Zena Clifton

Character Name : Au Pair Girl

Original Name : Zena Clifton

Gender : Female

Bill Kenwright

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Bill Kenwright

Gender : Male

Robin Hunter

Character Name : Mr. Darling

Original Name : Robin Hunter

Gender : Male

Jack Douglas

Character Name : Twitching Father

Original Name : Jack Douglas

Gender : Male

Madeline Smith

Character Name : Mrs. Pullitt

Original Name : Madeline Smith

Gender : Female

Rodney Cardiff

Character Name : Outpatient (uncredited)

Original Name : Rodney Cardiff

Gender : Male

Angela Cheyne

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Angela Cheyne

Gender : Male

Laura Collins

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Laura Collins

Gender : Male

Shirley English

Character Name : Lady in Hospital (uncredited)

Original Name : Shirley English

Gender : Male

Jill Goldston

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Jill Goldston

Gender : Female

Gillian Grant

Character Name : Nurse in Bath (uncredited)

Original Name : Gillian Grant

Gender : Female

Alan Harris

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Harris

Gender : Male

Walter Henry

Character Name : Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Henry

Gender : Male

Lindsay Marsh

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Lindsay Marsh

Gender : Female

Lesley North

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Lesley North

Gender : Female

Bill Westley Sr.

Character Name : Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Westley Sr.

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Bun and Oven Wards are open at Finisham Maternity Hospital. The 23rd film in the Carry On series and the fourth (and last) of the medical themed adventures. Sid Carter (Sid James) leads a gang of thieves who plan to break into Finisham Hospital and steal a load of contraceptive pills to sell abroad. But where are they kept? Sid decides to send his son Cyril (Kenneth Cope) in undercover disguised as a nurse... They probably seem like cheap gags now, but much mirth is mined from the scenarios set up by a man undercover as a female nurse. Cue him having to share a room with a foxy babe (Babs Windsor), having to fight off the attentions of the randy Doctor Prodd (a brilliant film stealing Terry Scott) and him getting involved with medical issues he has no idea about (yikes this is a maternity hospital!). Elsewhere Joan Simms portrays a human eating machine that is three weeks over due, while her poor railway worker husband (Kenneth Connor great as always) goes insane in the waiting room. Kenneth Williams is the hypochondriac hospital manager and the wonderful Hattie Jacques gets great scenes in a film thats title and script acknowledges her work in the medical Carry On films. Briskly paced by the ever reliable Gerald Thomas, "Matron" is one of the more likable and funny Carry On entries of the 70s. 7.5/10

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-26

You can tell that the producers were beginning to run out of ideas for these as this hybrid of "Carry on Nurse" (1959) and "Carry on Doctor" (1967) hits the screen. This time Sid James isn't a patient. He is "Carter", audaciously planning to rob the "Finisham" hospital of it's supply of valuable drugs. To facilitate this crime, he decides that his son "Cyril" (Kenneth Cope) should don the garb of a nurse an impersonate one until he can get the lay of the land for their burglary. Meantime, "Dr. Prodd'' (Terry Scott) has the job the philandering bumbler, Hattie Jacques is this time a less ruthless matron and Joan Sims takes the cake as the eternally pregnant "Mrs. Tiday" who is quite happy to eat the place out of house and home while her poor railwayman husband (Kenneth Connor) grows steadily older and more frustrated in the waiting room. At times, there are still traces of the old style of slapstick humour; the writing is quite funny now and again and there is plenty of "how's your father" - real or imaginary for us to chortle at. It's not the best, nor anywhere near - but it's got plenty going on before an ending that did actually smack of sequel coming!!