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Carry On favourite Sidney James joins the team for the first
time as the long-suffering Sergeant Wilkins, in charge of
the sorriest bunch of constables who ever fumbled with their
truncheons. There's nothing this collection of dim-witted
buffoons in blue can't make a mess of, including dressing
in drag to catch shoplifters. Sidney James is joined in this
hilarious comedy by Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie
Jacques and Joan Sims...
Sergeant
Wilkins has the unenviable task of training four new police
recruits (Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams
and Leslie Philips). He's convinced they aren't going to pass
muster, but battles on, despite a catalogue of disasters;
old ladies dragged screaming across roads, helping robbers,
being arrested for shoplifting. Will they ever make good?
To be honest, this movie is not a million miles away from
the script of Carry
on Sergeant,
in that we are introduced to a group of useless misfits who
eventually come good over night to ensure that there boss
is not discredited.
This
movie saw Sid James appear for the first time. It was also
the last (of three) that Leslie Philips made. Philips, in
his audio commentary, reveals that he was asked to make more
- in fact he was told he would be one of the six regulars
in the team - but he really didn't want to become part of
a team.
It's
also the first movie that sees the familiar Carry On gang
start to take form - with Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth
Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques.
Extras
include an audio commentary with Leslie Philips and Carry
On historian Robert Ross; stills gallery; trailer and
trivia notes.
The
commentary with Philips is possibly the best one in this series
of reissued Carry On releases. He has some great anecdotes
about his co-stars (Kenneth Williams had his middle finger
up his bum all the time as he was well known as a bit of a
bum groper on set). It was also interesting to hear Philips's
thoughts on why the Carry On's are still so popular,
or why they became so popular. Instead of the usually flowery
response, like: "It's the clever writting, wonderful
chemistry between the actors." etc. He simply points
out that they were so cheap to make and distribute that a
lot of money could be made out of them very quickly. So this
is why they were pushed so well and have become so popular.
There
are also some jokes that were lucky to get past the censors
then, let alone now including the line: "You stupid constable!"
- say it out loud and you'll see what I mean.
While
not one of the funniest Carry On's, this movie is still
pretty amusing and is well worth adding to your DVD collection.
Darren
Rea
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