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 1974
"Oh, come Milady, surely that went a long time ago" |
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 "Dick Turpin Carries On with his flintlock cocked" |
91
min Colour Cert A
| The Stars | |
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Sid James Barbara Windsor Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Bernard Bresslaw Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Peter Butterworth Jack Douglas Patsy Rowlands Bill Maynard Margaret Nolan John Clive David Lodge Marianne Stone Billy Cornelius Sam Kelly Linda Hooks Eva Reuber-Stainer Penny Irving Lorraine Humphrys |
Dick/Rev Flasher Harriet/Harry Captain Desmond Fancy Martha Sir Roger Daley Madame Desiree Constable Tom Sergeant Jock Strapp Mrs Giles Bodkin Lady Daley Isaak Bullock Maggie Thug Coach Driver Bird of Paradise Bird of Paradise Bird of Paradise Bird of Paradise |
| The Crew | |
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Producer Director Screenplay Music Cinematographer Editor |
Peter
Rogers Gerald Thomas Talbot Rothwell Eric Rogers Ernest Steward BSc Alfred Roome |
Synopsis
Hurrah, back to the historical Carry Ons.
The legendary Dick Turpin (Sid James), or Big Dick
as he is known to his friends, due to the enormous size of his weapon, is the anti-hero of
the piece. Turpin is being chased by the
newly formed Bow Street Runners, led by Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) and his Sergeant
Jock Strapp (Jack Douglas).They enlist the aid of Reverend Flasher not realising that he
is actually Turpin in disguise. Again Sid
James tries to get the girl in the form o
f Harriet (Barbara Windsor) who is also one of
his gang, even though censors thought him too old to be playing this kind of role.
Even though the last couple of films have been poor relations to the Carry On series, we have a big hit at the box office and a big hit comedically with such gems as: Dick robbing Frenchwoman, Madame Desiree’s (Joan Sims) necklace to which she protests ‘No, not that, it is my only means of support.’ When Dick takes it anyway her bloomers fall down around her ankles and she replies in a common Cockney voice ‘I told you it was my only means of support!’
Kenneth Williams comes back on top form, camping it up as Captain Fancy and later in disguise as a ruffian Dandy Desmond. This was Hattie Jacques last on-screen role in which her screen time lasts less than five minutes – a waste of good talent.
