- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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3 out of 5
The fourth in the Carry On series is the first to feature the excellent Sid James, who stars here as the sergeant detailed to wet nurse rookies Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor. Having studied the policeman's lot at Slough, screenwriter Norman Hudis confessed he could find nothing funny about pounding the beat, but he still turned in a chucklesome script. The bungling bobbies have their moments, notably when Williams and Hawtrey don skirts to trap some shoplifters, but their thunder is stolen by seasoned supports Joan Hickson, Irene Handl and Esma Cannon, who play their usual eccentrics.
Plot Summary
Comedy starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques. Sergeant Wilkins becomes increasingly exasperated after four inept policemen join his staff during a flu epidemic and cause chaos while on the beat.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Sergeant Frank Wilkins
- Sidney James
- Constable Benson
- Kenneth Williams
- Sergeant Laura Moon
- Hattie Jacques
- Inspector Mills
- Eric Barker
- Constable Charlie Constable
- Kenneth Connor
- Special Constable Gorse
- Charles Hawtrey
- Constable Potter
- Leslie Phillips
- Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
- Joan Sims
- Sally Barry
- Shirley Eaton
- Constable Thurston
- Cyril Chamberlain
- Mrs May
- Joan Hickson
- Distraught woman
- Irene Handl
Crew
- Director
- Gerald Thomas
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