Carry on Constable

Carry on Constable

Star Cast	-      Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Charles Hawtrey, Leslie Phillips, Shirley Eaton, Hattie Jacques
Director	-          Gerald Thomas
Producer	-          Peter Rogers
Rating	-          UA
Year of Release	-          1960
Category	-          Hollywood
Genre	-          Comedy

  Movie Gist

Left to right - PC Constable, PC Benson & PC Potter

It is an absolute delight to watch this crude slapstick comedy movie. With a flu epidemic prevailing, a British suburban police station is running short of staff. Under the pressure to maintain the staff level, Sergeant Wilkins (Sid James) is happy to hear that there are three new recruits joining directly from the training school.

The three new constables to join are – PC Charles Constable (Kenneth Connor) who is extremely superstitious,

Left to right - PC Benson, SC Gorse,
PC Potter & PC Constable reporting

PC Stanley Benson (Kenneth Williams) who is a self-proclaimed intellectual & amateur psychologist & PC Tom Potter (Leslie Phillips) who is a socially well-connected playboy. PC stands for Police

PC Constable trying to lure
WPC Passworthy

Constable. Before even reporting at the police station, the trio unknowingly help some bank robbers to get away in their car (a Jaguar). They get embarrassed on learning the truth. Enter WPC Gloria Passworthy (Joan Sims), PC Constable falls for her. Special Constable Gorse (Charles Hawtrey) completes the wreck.

The trio along with SC Gorse manage to totally bust up the operations of the police force & let criminals get away.

Disguised PC Benson & SC Gorse

They have to prove their worth otherwise they will lose their job & Sergeant Wilkins will be transferred. Finally luck favors them when a wages robbery takes place. Potter & Benson

PC Benson & PC Potter following Jaguar

locate the Jaguar car & the four of them get ready to confront the thieves. They arrest them & recover the stolen money.

Sergeant Wilkins gets promoted to his efficiency &excellent results by his constables. Constable finally gets his girl – Passworthy & also gets rid of his superstitions.

PC Potter while on patrol

Notable plots in the movie - the consequence the trio go through when going for a bath, the attempts made by PC Constable to express his love for WPC Passworthy, the superstitions of PC Constable,

The bathing terror

the over-confident & self-obsessed talk of PC Benson, the confused SC Gorse & the flirting techniques used by PC Potter.

Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up The Khyber

Star Cast                    - Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Roy Castle, Charles Hawtrey, Angela Douglas, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw

Director                       - Gerald Thomas

Producer                     - Peter Rogers

Rating                         - A

Year of Release           - 1968

Category                     - Hollywood

Genre                          - Comedy

Movie Gist

The plot of the movie is the British-India province of Kalabar which is near the Khyber Pass. Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) is the Governor of Queen Victoria & looks after the province. The province is guarded by the Third Foot & Mouth Regiment, also known as “The Devils in Skirts” as they were considered of wearing nothing below their skirts. When Private Widdle (Charles Hawtrey) encounters the dreadful chief of the Burpa tribe - Bungdit Din (Bernard Bresslaw), he faints & is caught wearing underpants. The Khasi of Kalabar (Kenneth Williams) weaves a conspiracy to use this information to drive off the image of the Regiment. The Regiment is inspected by Sir Ruff-Diamond to check whether the troop is wearing underpants or not. The troop is found wearing the underpants; which is against their law. Meanwhile the Governor’s wife (Joan Sims) clicks a photograph of the inspection. She takes it to the Khasi hoping that he would take her to the bed. The movie keeps carrying on - what conspiracy does the Khasi think of to pull down the image of the Regiment, how successful is the Regiment in defending itself & how Princess Jelhi (Angela Douglas), Khasi's daughter, helps the British Captain Keene (Roy Castle) against her father's wicked ideas. Did the Khasi of Kalabar fall for Lady Ruff-Diamond?

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Star Cast                    -             Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Mark Rolston, Clancy Brown, Bob Gunton, James Whitmore

Director                         -             Frank Darabont

Producer                        -             Niki Marvin

Rating                            -             A/U

Year of Release              -            1994

Category                         -            Hollywood

Genre                             -            Drama

Movie Gist

Andy with Rita Hayworth's poster

This drama movie is about a banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) convicted of double murder – his wife & her lover. In 1947, Andy is

Andy & Red share a happy moment

sentenced two back-to-back life sentences at the Shawshank State Penitentiary. The prison has a barbarous chief guard, Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown). Andy works in the prison laundry. He soon becomes friends with a smuggler Ellis Redding aka Red (Morgan Freeman) who is also convicted of a murder & is serving a life sentence. Red gets a rock hammer for Andy to create chess pieces of small stone. Later on, Red gets a huge poster of an actress – Rita Hayworth for Andy. Red also gets posters of Marilyn Monroe & Raquel Welch in the later years. 

Andy assaulted by The Sisters

Brooks Hatlen, the prison librarian

Andy gets sexually assaulted by a gang – The Sisters; Bogs (Mark Rolston) is the leader. In 1949, Andy informs Hadley of the financial loopholes when he overhears the chief guard (Hadley) complaining of the taxes. Another assault by The Sisters almost kills Andy. Bogs gets beaten up by Hadley & is sent to another prison. Andy feels safe. Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton), the warden, removes him from the laundry duties & assigns him to assist an elderly convict Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore) in the prison library which is  a guise to

Prisoners listening to the music recording

The prison's dining hall

manage the financial responsibilities of the prison. His financial expertise is soon sought for by the other guards at the Shawshank prison as well as other nearby prisons. Andy starts writing letters to the State Government for providing funds in order to improve the rickety prison library. Brooks is released on word ofhonor in 1954. But Brooks found difficulty in adjusting himself with the world outside after being in the prison for 50years; so he hanged himself. Meanwhile, Andy receives a donation for the prison library & a recording along with it. He plays the recording on the public

Tommy Williams

addressal system; & receives a solitary subjugation. Samuel starts exploiting the prisoners for public works; hence profiting through skilled labor at lower wages. He seeks Andy’s help in clearing out the money using a fake name – Randall Stephens.

Tommy Williams (Gil Bellows) is imprisoned in 1965 for robbery. He joins Andy & Red.    Andy helps him clear his exams for General Educational Development. In 1966, Tommy unwraps that a convict holds himself responsible for a similar murder like Andy’s, hence advising Andy’s innocence. Andy confronts this to Samuel, but he pays no heed to Andy. Samuel puts Andy into a solitary subjugation & gets

Red, Norton & Hadley find a tunnel
in Andy's cell

Tommy murdered by Hadley under an argument that Tommy tried to escape. Andy refuses to help Samuel in the scam, but Norton threatens him.

Andy after escaping from the prison -
Feeling independent

The next day after Andy is released from the solitary subjugation, Andy is found missing from his cell. When Samuel throws a stone at Raquel Welch’s poster, the stone tears through it & the truth is revealed. Andy has been digging a tunnel for the past 2 decades in the prison. Andy escaped through the prison’s sewage pipe taking along Samuel’s ledger. Andy poses himself as Randall Stephens & withdraws all the money. Andy exposes Samuel & Hadley. Hadley gets arrested & Samuel commits suicide.

Red is happy seeing Andy

Andy & Red finally meet in the
Mexican Pacific Coastal town

Red receives a word of honor after serving 40 years of imprisonment. Andy & Red finally re-unite at the Mexican Pacific Coastal town, where Andy always wanted to be.