Carry on at Your Convenience (1971)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

December 1971 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Flushed with success, the Carry On Team carries on round the bend

Plot:

This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative...

Plot Keywords:

Carry On | Sequel | Independent Film | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

Sid James	...	Sid Plummer (as Sidney James)
Kenneth Williams	...	W. C. Boggs
Charles Hawtrey	...	Charles Coote
Joan Sims	...	Chloë Moore
Hattie Jacques	...	Beattie Plummer
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Bernie Hulke
Kenneth Cope	...	Vic Spanner
Patsy Rowlands	...	Hortence Withering
Jacki Piper	...	Myrtle Plummer
Richard O'Callaghan	...	Lewis Boggs
Bill Maynard	...	Fred Moore
Davy Kaye	...	Benny
Renee Houston	...	Agatha Spanner
Marianne Stone	...	Maud
Margaret Nolan	...	Popsy

Also Known As:

Carry on Round the Bend
Carry on at Your Convenience or Down the Spout or Ladies Please Be Seated or Up the Workers or Labour Relations Are the People Who Come to See You When You're Having a Baby (UK) (long title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987)

Filming Locations:

Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivia:

In the scene on the motorcycle Bernard Bresslaw took 14 takes to get the scene correct.

Goofs:

Continuity: A suited and booted chap with a flyaway mop of copper hair can be seen walking down the street when Bernie first pulls up outside the Spanners' house. Soon after, the same man can be seen across the road from the parked motorbike. A few seconds later, there he is again, back walking down the street behind Vic.

Quotes:

[W.C. Boggs on fortune tellers... ]
W.C.: Fakes, that's all they are, sitting there staring in their crystal whatsitsnames.
Sid: Balls.
W.C.: I quite agree!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Can We Carry On, Girls? (2001) (TV)

A Fun Film

Set in a toilet making factory, hence the title, this is a fun romp. Given the setting, you just know there will be in jokes, double entendres and the like. Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtry, amongst others, are at their madcap best here. The story never flags, even though the cast is pretty large. You even have richness from the peripheral characters here, they add to the fun. One of the film's main assets is the fresh faced beauty Jacki Piper, who plays Myrtle Plummer (I know, the last name is obvious, but that's okay). Of the Carry On films I've watched (about 8), this is my favorite thus far. It holds your interest and you can't help but laugh. It is definitely worth your time, in a time honored British comedy vein.