Carry On Loving

Carry On Loving - 1970 | 89mins | Comedy | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Gerald Thomas.
Producer: Peter Rogers.
Script: Talbot Rothwell.
Cinematography: Ernest Steward.
Editing: Alfred Roome.
Art Direction: Lionel Couch.
Costume Department: Courtenay Elliott.
Makeup Department: Stella Rivers and Geoffrey Rodway.
Sound Department: Ken Barker and J.W.N. Daniel.
Original Music: Eric Rogers.

The Cast

Kenneth Williams - Percival Snooper
Sid James - Sidney Bliss
Terry Scott - Terence Philpot
Charles Hawtrey - James Bedsop
Joan Sims - Esme Crowfoot
Hattie Jacques - Sophie
Richard O'Callaghan - Bertie Muffet
Jacki Piper - Sally Martin
Bernard Bresslaw - Gripper Burke

Plot Synopsis

This virtually plotless movie is simply a collection of knowing sexually-geared comic sketches linked by the dubious Wedded Bliss Agency run by Sid James and Hattie Jacques. They are a suspicious and, in Sid's case, continually unfaithful 'wedded' couple; the marriage is a sham to impress the marriage agency punters. Sid and Hattie feed customers details into a fake computer, and the usual happy roster of Carry On regulars throw themselves into this blind-dating farce. The backbone of the comedy is Kenneth Williams, unmarried and unknowing guidance counsellor, whilst Terry Scott links the established gang with the fresh intake of younger performers, tackling the tongue-in-cheek humour of the romantic lead.

Bumbling around the outer circle of these amorous goings-on are a handful of other team members, stuck in brief but outstanding comic cameos notably big Bernard Bresslaw, turning on the snorting and snarling evil for his overtly jealous wrestler. Charles Hawtrey snoops around in a series of awful disguises, having been hired by Hattie to spy on that rogue of rogues, Sid James.
Review© Robert Ross: Carry On Companion.