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Comedy

Carry On Girls

- When it comes to Beauty Queens - It's 'Carry On' and Bust!

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Release Date : 1973-11-09

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sid James

Character Name : Sidney Fiddler

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Barbara Windsor

Character Name : Hope Springs

Original Name : Barbara Windsor

Gender : Female

Joan Sims

Character Name : Connie Philpotts

Original Name : Joan Sims

Gender : Female

Kenneth Connor

Character Name : Mayor Frederick Bumble

Original Name : Kenneth Connor

Gender : Male

Bernard Bresslaw

Character Name : Peter Potter

Original Name : Bernard Bresslaw

Gender : Male

June Whitfield

Character Name : Augusta Prodworthy

Original Name : June Whitfield

Gender : Female

Peter Butterworth

Character Name : Admiral

Original Name : Peter Butterworth

Gender : Male

Jack Douglas

Character Name : William

Original Name : Jack Douglas

Gender : Male

Patsy Rowlands

Character Name : Mildred Bumble

Original Name : Patsy Rowlands

Gender : Female

Joan Hickson

Character Name : Mrs. Dukes

Original Name : Joan Hickson

Gender : Female

David Lodge

Character Name : Police Inspector

Original Name : David Lodge

Gender : Male

Valerie Leon

Character Name : Paula Perkins

Original Name : Valerie Leon

Gender : Female

Margaret Nolan

Character Name : Dawn Brakes

Original Name : Margaret Nolan

Gender : Female

Sally Geeson

Character Name : Debra

Original Name : Sally Geeson

Gender : Female

Angela Grant

Character Name : Miss Bangor

Original Name : Angela Grant

Gender : Female

Wendy Richard

Character Name : Ida Downs

Original Name : Wendy Richard

Gender : Female

Arnold Ridley

Character Name : Alderman Pratt

Original Name : Arnold Ridley

Gender : Male

Robin Askwith

Character Name : Larry Prodworthy

Original Name : Robin Askwith

Gender : Male

Patricia Franklin

Character Name : Rosemary

Original Name : Patricia Franklin

Gender : Female

Brian Osborne

Character Name : First Citizen

Original Name : Brian Osborne

Gender : Male

Bill Pertwee

Character Name : Fire Chief

Original Name : Bill Pertwee

Gender : Male

Marianne Stone

Character Name : Miss Drew

Original Name : Marianne Stone

Gender : Female

Brenda Cowling

Character Name : Matron

Original Name : Brenda Cowling

Gender : Female

Zena Clifton

Character Name : Susan Brooks

Original Name : Zena Clifton

Gender : Female

Mavis Fyson

Character Name : Francis Cake

Original Name : Mavis Fyson

Gender : Male

Laraine Humphrys

Character Name : Eileen Denby

Original Name : Laraine Humphrys

Gender : Female

Pauline Peart

Character Name : Gloria Winch

Original Name : Pauline Peart

Gender : Female

Caroline Whitaker

Character Name : Mary Parker

Original Name : Caroline Whitaker

Gender : Female

Barbara Wise

Character Name : Julia Oates

Original Name : Barbara Wise

Gender : Male

Carol Wyler

Character Name : Maureen Darcy

Original Name : Carol Wyler

Gender : Male

Jimmy Logan

Character Name : Cecil Gaybody

Original Name : Jimmy Logan

Gender : Male

Ron Tarr

Character Name : Bearded Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Ron Tarr

Gender : Male

Ernest Blyth

Character Name : Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernest Blyth

Gender : Male

Daniel Brown

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Daniel Brown

Gender : Male

Paul Chapman

Character Name : Sound Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Chapman

Gender : Male

Jimmy Charters

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Charters

Gender : Male

Billy Cornelius

Character Name : Police Constable (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Cornelius

Gender : Male

Billy Davis

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Davis

Gender : Male

Shirley English

Character Name : Woman Liberator (uncredited)

Original Name : Shirley English

Gender : Male

Iris Fry

Character Name : Lady at Hospital (uncredited)

Original Name : Iris Fry

Gender : Female

Hugh Futcher

Character Name : Second Citizen (uncredited)

Original Name : Hugh Futcher

Gender : Male

Alan Gill

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Gill

Gender : Male

Pat Hagan

Character Name : Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Hagan

Gender : Male

Victor Harrington

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Harrington

Gender : Male

Aileen Lewis

Character Name : Town Councillor (uncredited)

Original Name : Aileen Lewis

Gender : Female

Alf Mangan

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Alf Mangan

Gender : Male

David McGillivray

Character Name : Man at Beauty Contest (uncredited)

Original Name : David McGillivray

Gender : Male

Alan Meacham

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Meacham

Gender : Male

Michael Nightingale

Character Name : Gent on Tube (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Nightingale

Gender : Male

Edward Palmer

Character Name : Elderly Resident (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Palmer

Gender : Male

Fred Peck

Character Name : Man on Tube (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Peck

Gender : Male

Bob Ramsey

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Ramsey

Gender : Male

Pat Ryan

Character Name : Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Ryan

Gender : Male

Ian Selby

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Ian Selby

Gender : Male

John Smart

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : John Smart

Gender : Male

Philip Stewart

Character Name : Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Stewart

Gender : Male

Reg Thomason

Character Name : Town Councillor (uncredited)

Original Name : Reg Thomason

Gender : Male

Rita Tobin-Weske

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Rita Tobin-Weske

Gender : Male

Cy Town

Character Name : Press Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Cy Town

Gender : Male

Jim Tyson

Character Name : Beauty Contest Judge (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Tyson

Gender : Male

Philip Webb

Character Name : Town Councillor (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Webb

Gender : Male

Elsie Winsor

Character Name : Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Elsie Winsor

Gender : Male

Fred Wood

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Wood

Gender : Male

Jill Goldston

Character Name : Palace Hotel Maid (uncredited)

Original Name : Jill Goldston

Gender : Female

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The team have feminists in their sights. The seaside resort of Fircombe is struggling to attract the tourists, so Sid Fiddler (Sid James) proposes a beauty contest to draw some much needed punters into the town. Getting the inept Mayor (Kenneth Connor) to agree was easy enough, but opposition comes in the form of Augusta Prodworthy (June Whitfield) and her league of feminists. Lurid, smutty and just about average in the pantheon of the Carry On series. No Kenneth Williams for this one, but a point of interest is that Robin Askwith appears for the only time. Askwith ironically would become the star of the "Confessions" series of film's which would take the sex comedy to a whole new plateau from 1974 onwards. Carry On Girls has its moments, Bernie Bresslaw in drag brings quite a few gags, while Peter Butterworth as a lecherous old man steals the film. Also pleasing for the franchise faithful is that the Sid James and Barbara Windsor (Hope Springs) pairing gets a nice arc befitting the relationship the pair built up during the series. Beauty contests and feminist whiles are given the treatment in Talbot Rothwell's screenplay, and the dying seaside town in need of a boost has a certain warmth to it (filmed on location in Brighton on England's South Coast). But really it's mild Carry On fare outside of the flesh and double entendres that are laced in humorous stereotypical cheapness. 5/10

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-23

Despite the quite entertaining and bubbly contributions from Barbara Windsor, this franchise is now really scraping the bottom of the ideas barrel with this one. Sid James is "Fiddler", a local councillor who manages to convince the town council - under the mayorship of the hopeless "Mayor Bumble" (Kenneth Connor) to agree to let him host a beauty contest. Now this infuriates fellow councillor "Prodworthy" (June Whitfield) and so she attempts to galvanise a woman's lib movement to fight this blatant sexism and put the kibosh on the entire thing. What now ensues are a series of escapades that are, frankly, quite crass, contrived and unfunny. Windsor does bring some fresh air to the thing, but James and Bernard Bresslaw ("Potter") are well off-form, Kenneth Connor only really had one, slightly seedy, style of delivery and that is failing to entertain these days and generally this is a weakly devised and rather clumsy gambol through early 1970s stereotypes peppered with some jokes that can really only be described as naff. There is a donkey, though....