Carry On Girls

Carry On Girls

Star Cast	-     Barbara Windsor, Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, June Whitfield, Bernard Bresslaw, Jack Douglas, Peter Butterworth, Jimmy Logan, Patsy Rowlands
Director	-        Gerald Thomas
Producer	-        Peter Rogers
Rating	-        A
Year of Release	-        1973
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Comedy

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Fredrick Bumble with Augusta Prodworthy

  Sidney Fidler (Sid James), Councillor of a sea-side town Fircombe, decides to hold a beauty contest ‘Miss Fircombe’ considering that the town is facing a crisis & the tourists do not have anything to do.

Sidney with Peter Potter

Frederick Bumble (Kenneth Connor) agrees to the idea of a beauty contest but the feminist Councillor, Augusta Prodworthy (June Whitfield) gets furious. The idea gets conceptualized in Augusta’s absence. Sidney calls for publicist Peter Potter (Bernard Bresslaw) to help with the publicity. Sidney’s girlfriend Connie (Joan Sims) runs a hotel & soon her residents get outnumbered by the contestants of the beauty pageant. A fight initiated by the biker babe, Hope Springs (Barbara Windsor) ruins the décor of the hotel. Gradually Mayor’s wife Mildred (Patsy Rowlands) joins Augusta in the bra-burning movement

Peter - Man in a frock

Peter standing at the end

& plots a conspiracy of the downfall of the beauty contest. Peter becomes a man in the frock, reluctantly, for a publicity gimmick. But Peter mysteriously escapes when the police is called in for by Augusta. Finally on the day of the contest, Augusta’s gang puts her mission ‘Operation Spoilsport’ into execution by sabotaging the contest with itching powder, mud & water. With an angry crowd around, Sidney tries to escape with Hope on her bike.

Peter’s escape from the police is indeed a mystery. How did he manage to escape? Phew, I do not wish to pen down everything. Check it for yourself; you shall enjoy every bit of the movie for sure. 

Sidney with Hope on her bike