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A hilarious romp through the bars and bedrooms of the Wild
West with the Carry On gang. Sid James is on top form
as the Rumpo Kid, an outlaw who shakes up the sleepy residents
of Stodge City. Kenneth Williams is the puritanical judge,
and Jim Dale plays Marshall P Knutt, a hapless plumber mistakenly
sent to clean up the town. This is classic Carry On with
a cast of Carry On favourites, including Charles Hawtrey
as firewater guzzling Chief Big Heap, Joan Sims and Bernard
Bresslaw...
Stodge
City is being terrorised by outlaw The Rumpo Kid and his gang.
The town's judge calls for a sheriff and, due to a case of
mistaken identity, ends up with a sanitary engineer. With
the help of Annie Oakley, Marshall Knutt takes on The Rumpo
Kid.
I'm
going to be a little controversial here. While some fans regard
Carry On Cowboy as a classic movie, I really found
it hard going. I'd definitely have to say it's in my list
of worst Carry On's ever made.
First
of all, the fact that the majority of the gang adopt ridiculously
fake American accents means that I spent the best part of
the movie cringing.
Jon
Pertwee has a brief role as the short lived Marshall. The
most annoying thing about this role is that he labours the
part of being short-sighted. Walking into walls is funny once...
maybe twice, but after half a dozen times it starts to get
a little long in the tooth. Kenneth Williams doesn't come
away unscathed. This is arguably his most annoying role in
the franchise.
On
a positive side, the sets, lighting and costumes are great
- it actually looks like a fairly expensive movie. It's just
a shame that the script isn't up to much.
This
also sees the first appearance of Peter Butterworth, Bernard
Bresslaw and Angela
Douglas.
Extras
include an audio commentary with Angela Douglas and Carry
On historian Robert Ross; stills gallery; trailer and
trivia notes.
In
the audio commentary Angela Douglas recalls that Charles Hawtrey
was very odd and actually gave her the shivers. In fact she
sounded as though she's still creeped out a little by the
experience of working with him. She also states that Phil
Silvers, who she starred with in Carry On Follow That Camel
was a disappointment - not very funny, and actually rather
boring. When he wasn't playing Sgt. Bilko she believes that
he wasn't anything other than a very unhappy man. She also
mentions that she still misses Sid James.
We
also discover that Richard O'Brien (creator of The Rocky
Horror Picture Show) was a stunt rider in this movie.
Ross's
flirting with women old enough to be his mother also starts
to grate here. He's been doing it in most of the DVDs, but
here it's really obvious - and is actually quite stomach churning.
I loved the fact that Douglas tells Ross he needs to get out
more when he says that Blazing Saddles is not as good
as Carry On Cowboy.
All
in all, this movie is one hell of a disappointment.
Darren
Rea
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