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

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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 Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant

Star Cast	-   Bob Monkhouse, William Hartnell, Eric Barker, Shirley Eaton, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Gerald Campion, Norman Rossington, Terence Longdon, Bill Owen, Dora Bryan, Hattie Jacques
Director	-        Gerald Thomas
Producer	-        Peter Rogers, Kenneth Myers
Rating	-        U/A
Year of Release	-        1958
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Comedy

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 Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell) is about to retire & as the retirement days loom closer, Sergeant Grimshaw wishes to that his last troop wins the Best Troop Award. He is so obsessed with this dream that he has a bet of £50 with Sergeant O’Brien. But Sergeant Grimshaw is dismayed when he meets his recruits, a group of misfits.

Charlie Sage (Bob Monkhouse) is a reluctant recruit as he receives his call-up papers during his wedding breakfast. Other recruits also show similar signs – Horace Strong (Kenneth Connor) is a Hypochondriac & is convinced that he is suffering from every disease that exists in medical science; a haughty university graduate, James Bailey (Kenneth Williams) begrudges the very presence of the Army; delicate & flowery Peter Golightly (Charles Hawtrey) is the clumsiest recruit that one could find in any army; a failure Herbert Brown (Norman Rossington); an upper-class cad Miles Heywood (Terence Longdon) who is present in the Army only because his father, a top-ranking General, wanted him to; & a rock ‘n’ roll Andy Galloway (Gerald Campion).

The troop fails most of the tests during training sessions. Sergeant Grimshaw is disheartened & talks to Corporal Copping (Bill Owen) that he would retire with somewhat less than a bang, considering his troop was not performing well. One of the recruits overhears the conversation. The troop decides to win the Best Troop Award & make the Sergeant proud. On the day of the final tests, the troop gives an outstanding performance & Sergeant Grimshaw wins the award.