Carry On Camping
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Carry On Camping is one of the most famous Carry On films, produced in late 1968 and released on 3 July, 1969 in the UK. The film stars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Bresslaw.
Main plot outline:
Sid Boggle (Sid James), and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) partners in a plumbing business, take their girlfriends, the prudish Joan (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to watch a film Nudist Paradise. After watching the film, Sid gets the idea that the two couples should take a holiday in the nudist camp featured in the film - reasoning that in such an environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards - a plan that he and Bernie bravely attempt to keep secret from the girls.
They travel to the campsite named Paradise, but after paying the fees, Sid realises it is not the nudist camp of the film but a standard family camp site. Furthermore, it turns out not to be a paradise at all but little more than a damp field in the depths of the country. It has no view and no luxuries - and the only facilities are a basic ablutions block. The site is run by a money-grubbing tight-fisted farmer named Fiddler (Peter Butterworth). They stay anyway after Fiddler refuses a refund and the girls approve of the camping ground. The boys are further disappointed when the girls refuse to share a tent with them.
Sid and Bernie soon set their sights on a bunch of naughty schoolgirls (all of whom are somewhat obviously too old for school!) on holiday from the Chayste Place boarding school, led by the blonde and bouncy Babs (Barbara Windsor).
In charge of the schoolgirls is Dr Soaper (Kenneth Williams), who is fervently pursued by his lovelorn colleague, the school's Matron, Miss Haggerd (Hattie Jacques).
Others present at the campsite are Peter Potter (Terry Scott) who hates camping but must endure a jolly and domineering wife Harriet (Betty Marsden), who probably has the world's most annoying laugh and Charlie Muggins (Charles Hawtrey), a naive first-time camper and unwelcome lodger who Harriet invites into their tent when he gets caught in the rain.
Chaos ensues when a group of hippies arrive in the next field for a noisy all-night rave. The campers club together to drive them away.
Trivia:
- The Republic of Ireland rejected the film's distribution in 1969. Malta rated it Adults Only.
- It was top at the UK box office in 1968/1969.
- In Hispanic areas, it was called I want a nudist girlfriend!
- The film has an infamous outdoor aerobics scene in which the elastic on Babs' bikini top snaps off, and is caught by Dr Soaper. The effect was actually achieved by use of a fishing rod attached to the garment.
Classic Quotes
Joan's Mum: Joan may think you're a gentleman but personally I've got sore misgivings.Sid Boggle: You ought to put some talcum powder on them!
External links
- [Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn] Detailed information on the Carry On film series.
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