Carry On Girls
Star
Cast
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- Barbara Windsor, Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Joan
Sims, June Whitfield, Bernard Bresslaw, Jack Douglas, Peter Butterworth,
Jimmy Logan, Patsy Rowlands
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Director
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-
Gerald Thomas
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Producer
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- Peter Rogers
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Rating
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- A
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Year
of Release
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- 1973
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Category
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- Hollywood
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Genre
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- Comedy
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Movie
Gist
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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.
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| 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
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| Peter - Man in a frock |
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| 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.
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| Sidney with Hope on her bike |
