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Carry On Dick

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5.9/10 • 60

1974-02-011h 31m

Comedy

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...

Directors
Gerald Thomas
Editors
Alfred Roome

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  1. Sid James

    Sid James

    Big Dick Turpin / Reverend Flasher

  2. Barbara Windsor

    Barbara Windsor

    Harriet

  3. Kenneth Williams

    Kenneth Williams

    Captain Desmond Fancey

  4. Hattie Jacques

    Hattie Jacques

    Martha Hoggett

  5. Bernard Bresslaw

    Bernard Bresslaw

    Sir Roger Daley

  6. Joan Sims

    Joan Sims

    Madame Desirée

  7. Kenneth Connor

    Kenneth Connor

    Constable

  8. Peter Butterworth

    Peter Butterworth

    Tom

  9. Jack Douglas

    Jack Douglas

    Sergeant Jock Strapp

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John Chard

Aug 15, 2015

7/10

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

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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