Carry On Abroad
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Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth Carry On film
, released in 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James
, Kenneth Williams
, Joan Sims
, Bernard Bresslaw
, Barbara Windsor
, Kenneth Connor
, Peter Butterworth
and Hattie Jacques
. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey
. June Whitfield
returns after appearing in Carry On Nurse
13 years earlier. Jimmy Logan
makes the first of two appearances in the series.
) openly flirting with the much-married saucepot, Sadie Tompkins (Barbara Windsor
) as his battleaxe wife, Cora (Joan Sims
), looks on with disdain. Their twitching friend, Harry (Jack Douglas
) arrives and lets slip that the package holiday
Vic has booked to the Mediterranean island Els Bels (a pun on the slang expression "Hell's Bells") also includes Sadie, much to Cora's outrage. Cora, who avoids holidays because she hates flying, suddenly decides to accompany her boorish husband on the trip, to ensure he keeps away from Sadie.
The next day, the nasally Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams
), the representative of Wundatours, and his seductive assistant, Moira Plunkett (Gail Grainger
), welcome the motley passengers. Among them the hen-pecked and love-starved Stanley Blunt (Kenneth Connor
) and his prudish, overbearing wife, Evelyn (June Whitfield
); a drunken, bowler-hatted mummy's boy, Eustace Tuttle (Charles Hawtrey
); brash Scotsman, Bert Conway (Jimmy Logan
); the young and beautiful Marge (Sally Geeson
) and Lily (Carol Hawkins
); and Brother Bernard (Bernard Bresslaw
), a young monk who has difficultly fitting into his new path of life.
Unfortunately, their hotel is only half-finished; the builders have just quit suddenly. Distraught manager Pepe (Peter Butterworth
) desperately tries to run the place in a myriad of different guises and his shrewish wife, Floella (Hattie Jacques
), struggles with the temperamental stove while their Lothario son Georgio idles behind the bar.
The hotel also hides an assortment of tricks and Pepe is soon overrun with complaints: Vic discovers Sadie naked in his shower, sand pours out of Moira's taps, and the lavatory drenches Bert. Although agreeing to play leapfrog with Tuttle, Lily and Marge have their eyes on other things. Marge takes a shine to Brother Bernard, while Lily lures the dashing Nicholas (David Kernan
) away from his jealous (implied) gay friend, Robin (John Clive
). While most of the party go off to the village and get arrested for causing a scene at Madame Fifi's (Olga Lowe) establishment, left-behind Evelyn is seduced by Georgio, which leads to her resuming her sex life with Stanley. The last-night bash swings--thanks to a local mixture that blesses the drinker with X-ray vision--until the hotel collapses! But all's well that ends well, when the holidaymakers reunite at Vic and Cora's pub.
This was the last film featuring Charles Hawtrey
.
The brothel keeper is played by Olga Lowe, one of the first actresses to work with Sid James
when he arrived in the UK in 1946. Lowe was also the actress on stage with Sid the night he died in Sunderland.
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Exteriors:
Carry On films
The Carry On films are a series of low-budget British comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. They are an energetic mix of parody, farce, slapstick and double entendres....
, released in 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James
Sid James
Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
, Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
, Joan Sims
Joan Sims
Joan Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...
, Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was an English actor. He is best remembered for his comedy work, especially as a member of the Carry On team.-Biography:...
, Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE , better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
, Kenneth Connor
Kenneth Connor
Kenneth Connor MBE was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for his appearances in the Carry On films.-Career:...
, Peter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth
Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the Carry On series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio and appeared in seven early episodes of Doctor Who in 1965 as the 'The Meddling Monk'...
and Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques
Josephine Edwina Jaques was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques.Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour...
. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey (film actor)
George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio...
. June Whitfield
June Whitfield
June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....
returns after appearing in Carry On Nurse
Carry On Nurse
Carry On Nurse is the second Carry On film, released in 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims , Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play Ring For Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack...
13 years earlier. Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan OBE, FRSAMD , born as James Allan Short, Dennistoun, Glasgow, was a Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director.-Family:...
makes the first of two appearances in the series.
Plot
The film opens with pub landlord and frequent holidaymaker Vic Flange (Sid JamesSid James
Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
) openly flirting with the much-married saucepot, Sadie Tompkins (Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE , better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
) as his battleaxe wife, Cora (Joan Sims
Joan Sims
Joan Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...
), looks on with disdain. Their twitching friend, Harry (Jack Douglas
Jack Douglas (actor)
Jack Douglas, born John Roberton was an English actor most famous for his roles in the Carry On films.- Career :...
) arrives and lets slip that the package holiday
Package holiday
A package holiday or package tour consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided like a rental car, activities or outings during the holiday. Transport can be via charter airline to a foreign country...
Vic has booked to the Mediterranean island Els Bels (a pun on the slang expression "Hell's Bells") also includes Sadie, much to Cora's outrage. Cora, who avoids holidays because she hates flying, suddenly decides to accompany her boorish husband on the trip, to ensure he keeps away from Sadie.
The next day, the nasally Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
), the representative of Wundatours, and his seductive assistant, Moira Plunkett (Gail Grainger
Gail Grainger
Gail Grainger is a British actress best remembered for her role as Miss Moira Plunkett, a travel courier in the 1972 comedy film Carry On Abroad.-Background:Gail Grainger took up dancing at the age of six and studied at a theatrical school...
), welcome the motley passengers. Among them the hen-pecked and love-starved Stanley Blunt (Kenneth Connor
Kenneth Connor
Kenneth Connor MBE was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for his appearances in the Carry On films.-Career:...
) and his prudish, overbearing wife, Evelyn (June Whitfield
June Whitfield
June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....
); a drunken, bowler-hatted mummy's boy, Eustace Tuttle (Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey (film actor)
George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio...
); brash Scotsman, Bert Conway (Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan OBE, FRSAMD , born as James Allan Short, Dennistoun, Glasgow, was a Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director.-Family:...
); the young and beautiful Marge (Sally Geeson
Sally Geeson
Sally Louise Geeson is a British actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. Her most famous role was as Sid James' daughter, Sally, in Bless This House. The series was one of the first in colour in the UK; indeed the first seven episodes of Series One were in black and white...
) and Lily (Carol Hawkins
Carol Hawkins
Carol Hawkins is an English actress.Carol trained at the Corona Stage School. London stage shows have included, Sextet, Run for Your Wife, See How They Run, Wife Begins at Forty, The Undertaking also including tours such as Time and Time Again, Bedroom Farce, Wait Until Dark, Dirty Linen...
); and Brother Bernard (Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was an English actor. He is best remembered for his comedy work, especially as a member of the Carry On team.-Biography:...
), a young monk who has difficultly fitting into his new path of life.
Unfortunately, their hotel is only half-finished; the builders have just quit suddenly. Distraught manager Pepe (Peter Butterworth
Peter Butterworth
Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the Carry On series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio and appeared in seven early episodes of Doctor Who in 1965 as the 'The Meddling Monk'...
) desperately tries to run the place in a myriad of different guises and his shrewish wife, Floella (Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques
Josephine Edwina Jaques was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques.Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour...
), struggles with the temperamental stove while their Lothario son Georgio idles behind the bar.
The hotel also hides an assortment of tricks and Pepe is soon overrun with complaints: Vic discovers Sadie naked in his shower, sand pours out of Moira's taps, and the lavatory drenches Bert. Although agreeing to play leapfrog with Tuttle, Lily and Marge have their eyes on other things. Marge takes a shine to Brother Bernard, while Lily lures the dashing Nicholas (David Kernan
David Kernan
David Kernan is an English actor and singer, best known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety shows of the 1960s and 1970s including That Was the Week That Was 1962-63.Kernan was born in London...
) away from his jealous (implied) gay friend, Robin (John Clive
John Clive
John Clive , is an English author and actor. He is best known for his international best selling historical and social fiction, such as "KG200" and "Borossa"....
). While most of the party go off to the village and get arrested for causing a scene at Madame Fifi's (Olga Lowe) establishment, left-behind Evelyn is seduced by Georgio, which leads to her resuming her sex life with Stanley. The last-night bash swings--thanks to a local mixture that blesses the drinker with X-ray vision--until the hotel collapses! But all's well that ends well, when the holidaymakers reunite at Vic and Cora's pub.
Cast and crew
- Sid JamesSid JamesSid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
as Vic Flange - Kenneth WilliamsKenneth WilliamsKenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
as Stuart Farquhar - Charles HawtreyCharles Hawtrey (film actor)George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio...
as Eustace Tuttle - Joan SimsJoan SimsJoan Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...
as Cora Flange - Peter ButterworthPeter ButterworthPeter William Shorrocks Butterworth was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the Carry On series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio and appeared in seven early episodes of Doctor Who in 1965 as the 'The Meddling Monk'...
as Pepe - Kenneth ConnorKenneth ConnorKenneth Connor MBE was an English comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for his appearances in the Carry On films.-Career:...
as Stanley Blunt - Hattie JacquesHattie JacquesJosephine Edwina Jaques was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques.Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour...
as Floella - Bernard BresslawBernard BresslawBernard Bresslaw was an English actor. He is best remembered for his comedy work, especially as a member of the Carry On team.-Biography:...
as Brother Bernard - Barbara WindsorBarbara WindsorBarbara Ann Windsor, MBE , better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
as Sadie Tomkins - Jimmy LoganJimmy LoganJimmy Logan OBE, FRSAMD , born as James Allan Short, Dennistoun, Glasgow, was a Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director.-Family:...
as Bert Conway - June WhitfieldJune WhitfieldJune Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....
as Evelyn Blunt - Sally GeesonSally GeesonSally Louise Geeson is a British actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. Her most famous role was as Sid James' daughter, Sally, in Bless This House. The series was one of the first in colour in the UK; indeed the first seven episodes of Series One were in black and white...
as Lily - Carol HawkinsCarol HawkinsCarol Hawkins is an English actress.Carol trained at the Corona Stage School. London stage shows have included, Sextet, Run for Your Wife, See How They Run, Wife Begins at Forty, The Undertaking also including tours such as Time and Time Again, Bedroom Farce, Wait Until Dark, Dirty Linen...
as Marge - Gail GraingerGail GraingerGail Grainger is a British actress best remembered for her role as Miss Moira Plunkett, a travel courier in the 1972 comedy film Carry On Abroad.-Background:Gail Grainger took up dancing at the age of six and studied at a theatrical school...
as Moira Plunkett - Ray Brooks as Georgio
- John CliveJohn CliveJohn Clive , is an English author and actor. He is best known for his international best selling historical and social fiction, such as "KG200" and "Borossa"....
as Robin Tweet - David KernanDavid KernanDavid Kernan is an English actor and singer, best known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety shows of the 1960s and 1970s including That Was the Week That Was 1962-63.Kernan was born in London...
as Nicholas Phipps - Patsy RowlandsPatsy RowlandsPatsy Rowlands was an English actress who is best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, as Betty in the popular ITV Thames sitcom Bless This House, and as Alice Meredith in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Hallelujah!.-Early years:She was born in Palmers Green, London and attended a...
as Miss Dobbs - Derek FrancisDerek FrancisDerek Francis was an English comedy and character actor.He was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Roger Corman's last film of his Edgar Allan Poe series The Tomb of Ligeia...
as Brother Martin - Jack DouglasJack Douglas (actor)Jack Douglas, born John Roberton was an English actor most famous for his roles in the Carry On films.- Career :...
as Harry - Amelia BayntunAmelia BayntunAmelia Bayntun was an English Actress. She was born in Bristol on 31 March 1919 as Amelia Ellen Bayntun and died in Islington, London in January 1988.- Career :...
as Mrs Tuttle - Alan CurtisAlan Curtis (British actor)-Background:He was born in Coulsdon, Surrey and he has led a long career in the cinema, television and theatre.He has also acted for the MCC as an announcer at Lord's Cricket Ground.Alan now lives in West London.-Cinema appearances:...
as Police Chief - Hugh FutcherHugh FutcherHugh Futcher is an English actor in theatre, television, and film. He was a member of the stock company of the Carry On films, with notable parts in Carry On Spying, Carry On At Your Convenience, and Carry On Behind...
as Jailer - Gertan KlauberGertan KlauberGeorge Gertan Klauber was a British character actor.He played small roles in many of the Carry On films, and appeared as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third....
as Postcard seller - Brian OsborneBrian OsborneBrian Osborne is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs and The Sandbaggers. Osborne has also had minor roles in six Carry On films as well the TV series Carry On Laughing.-Early life:...
as Stall-holder - Olga Lowe as Madame Fifi
- Screenplay - Talbot RothwellTalbot RothwellTalbot Nelson Conn Rothwell, OBE was an English screenwriter.Rothwell was born in Bromley, Kent, England. He had a variety of jobs during his early life: town clerk, police officer, and Royal Air Force pilot....
- Music - Eric Rogers
- Production Manager - Jack Swinburne
- Art Director - Lionel CouchLionel CouchLionel Couch was a British art director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.-Selected filmography:Couch was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:...
- Editor - Alfred RoomeAlfred RoomeAlfred Roome was a British cinematographer, film editor and occasional director. Born in London, on 22 December 1908 he first worked in the film industry as a film editor on the 1932 British comedy film Thark...
- Director of Photography - Alan HumeAlan HumeAlan Hume, B.S.C. was a British cinematographer.Hume started work at Denham Film Studios in 1942, and in the late 1940s he worked for Cineguild production company....
- Camera Operator - Jimmy Davis
- Continuity - Joy Mercer
- Assistant Director - David Bracknell
- Sound Recordists - Taffy Haines & Ken BarkerKen BarkerKen Barker is an Australian Roman Catholic priest. He is the moderator of the Missionaries of God's Love religious congregation and founder of the Young Men of God Movement....
- Make-up - Geoffrey Rodway
- Assistant Art Director - Bill Bennison
- Set Dresser - Don Picton
- Hairdresser - Stella Rivers
- Costume Designer - Courtenay Elliott
- Dubbing Editor - Peter Best
- Assistant Editor - Jack Gardner
- Titles - GSE Ltd
- Processor - Rank Film Laboratories
- Producer - Peter RogersPeter RogersPeter Rogers was a British film producer.Rogers began his career as a journalist for his local paper before graduating to scriptwriting religious informational films...
- Director - Gerald ThomasGerald ThomasGerald Thomas was an English film director, born in Hull.-Early life:Thomas was training in medicine when the Second World War began. He then served in the British army during the war, in Europe and the Middle East...
This was the last film featuring Charles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey (film actor)
George Frederick Joffre Hartree , known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician.Beginning at a young age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to the radio...
.
The brothel keeper is played by Olga Lowe, one of the first actresses to work with Sid James
Sid James
Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
when he arrived in the UK in 1946. Lowe was also the actress on stage with Sid the night he died in Sunderland.
Filming and locations
- Filming dates – 17 April-26 May 1972 (The previous entry - Carry On MatronCarry On MatronCarry On Matron is the twenty-third Carry On film. It was released in 1972. It features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Connor. This was the last Carry on... film for Terry Scott after appearing...
- was released during filming)
Interiors:
- Pinewood StudiosPinewood StudiosPinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, approximately west of central London. The studios have played host to many productions over the years from huge blockbuster films to television shows to commercials to pop promos.The purchase of Shepperton...
, Buckinghamshire
Exteriors:
- Slough, Berkshire