Comedy

Carry On Dick

Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...

Release Date : 1974-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Big Dick Turpin / Reverend Flasher

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harriet

Original Name : Barbara Windsor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Desmond Fancey

Original Name : Kenneth Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martha Hoggett

Original Name : Hattie Jacques

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir Roger Daley

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Desirée

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Character Name : Constable

Original Name : Kenneth Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Peter Butterworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Jock Strapp

Original Name : Jack Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Giles

Original Name : Patsy Rowlands

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bodkin

Original Name : Bill Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Daley

Original Name : Margaret Nolan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Isaac the Tailor

Original Name : John Clive

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bullock

Original Name : David Lodge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maggie

Original Name : Marianne Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Penny Irving

Gender : Female

Character Name : Birds of Paradise Entertainer

Original Name : Laraine Humphrys

Gender : Female

Character Name : Birds of Paradise Entertainer

Original Name : Linda Hooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birds of Paradise Entertainer

Original Name : Eva Reuber-Staier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough Man

Original Name : Larry Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough Man

Original Name : Billy Cornelius

Gender : Male

Character Name : William

Original Name : Patrick Durkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Roger's Coachman

Original Name : Sam Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Giles

Original Name : George Moon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Squire Trelawney

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Browning

Original Name : Brian Osborne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rider

Original Name : Anthony Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scottish Highwayman

Original Name : Brian Coburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footpad

Original Name : Jeremy Connor

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I wouldn't fancy a poke with that. The 26th film of the series, Carry on Dick marked the end of an era for a number of reasons. It would be the last appearance of Sid James, Hattie Jaques and Barbara Windsor, and the last to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell. As the title suggests, by this time the series had gone fully into innuendo mode, here they take the Dick Turpin legend and cloak it with sexual nudge nudges and wink winks. Character names are a riot, Reverend Flasher - Big Dick - Desmond Fancey (AKA: Dandy Desmond), Jock Strapp and Constable (ooh-err, it's all about the pronunciation - the rascals), thus it's all very low-brow for sure. It's great to have Sid James in a period set dual role again (as in Don't Lose Your Head), he's nicely restrained as Reverend Flasher and on the other side he's all throaty laughs and cheek as the randy dandy highwayman, Big Dick! Playing the usual sexy foil to James is Windsor in one of her more meaty roles in the series, though Peter Butterworth and Kenneth Connor are not given nearly enough material to make a telling mark. Great to see Kenny Williams given some pompous caricature to get his teeth into, even if - unlike James' characters, this double act with Jack Douglas does feel like a lazy retread from Carry on Don't Lose Your Head. Carry On Behind would follow this one, a decent enough film that with hindsight should have been the closure for the series. Carry on Dick tried to keep the rompy end up (ooh-err) for the series, a last hurrah grasping onto the historical/period pictures that proved so popular in the previous decade. It's not a fitting farewell for some major players, but some great gags and spirited performances ensure it doesn't disgrace itself in the eyes of the fans who liked a bit of sauce with their "Carry On" sandwich. 7/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-23

To be honest, I struggled with this a bit. It all centres on "Capt. Fancey" (Kenneth Williams) on the hunt for the legendary highwayman "Dick Turpin" - aka "Big Dick". Sadly, that's about the level of the rather crass and banal humour that pervades the rest of this pretty mediocre costume drama. The more "Carry On" films I watch, the more I do realise just how much Joan Sims contributed and here she shines as "Madame Desirée", but the rest of the cast seem content to take us down a rather childishly written path of stereotypes and slapstick and through a story that is a poor relation of "Doctor Syn" (1937). This franchise is reaching it's end now, the originality and playful humour of those made ten years ago has been replaced by an almost bawdy form of in-your-face comedy that really isn't anyone's finest work. Sorry, but I thought that this was quite poor.