According to some this is the last of the better Carry On's because it was the last of the main writer Talbot Rothwell and 3 of the main cast, Sid James, Hattie Jacques and Barbara Windsor, it wasn't, it was an average one, the last good one was .....Abroad' and that was down on ..... At Your Convenience'. This was a poor reflection of those.
The screenplay looked tired and lacking, most of the scenes were a bit dreary, photography was poor, I got the feeling that they did think this was going to be the last, but they went round again a few more times, a few too many, 'Carry on Abroad' should have been the last.
Sid James, Barbara Windsor and Hattie did do their last film, however not their last Carry On's, Sid & Hattie appeared in the 'Carry on Laughing' TV series in 1975, and Babs co-presented 'That's A Carry On' in 1978 (with Ken Williams), which was a 'film' where Babs and Ken were in the projection room of a cinema showing and commenting on clips from the proper films, so not a true film.
Sid did 19 Films, 4 spin-off films and 3 Christmas TV movies, 26 all together, as well as the TV series in 1975, the year before he died, he was on stage (not a carry on) when he had a heart attack in 1976, he passed away aged 62. Hattie was in the first 'Carry on Sergeant', she did 14 films, 1 spin-of film and 2 Christmas TV movies, 17 all together, her last was 'Carry on Laughing' the TV series in 1975,apart from a couple of films, she was successful in 'Sykes' the TV series with Eric Sykes 1972-1979,but sadly she also passed away from a heart attack in 1980 aged 58. Babs only did 9 proper Carry On's, 3 Xmas TV movies, The TV series and the compilation film, but she was very prominent in most. She has done lots more since, her last was in 2017, a TV movie 'Babs' about her own life in which she appeared as herself, and she is still with us, aged 82.
Another semi-regular who did her last was Margaret Nolan, she did 6, starting with 'Carry on Cowboy', she retired from acting in 1983 (although she came back for one role in 2011) and is also still with us, now aged 76. Patrick Durkin is a bit part actor, who you may not have heard of, he also did his last, he was in the first and did 6 and one of the spin -offs, he retired in 1998 and passed away in 2009 aged 73.
The other regulars to feature were Ken Williams, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Ken Connor, Peter Butterworth, Patsy Rowlands and Bill Maynard,. Of the bit-part actors, were John Clive, Marianne Stone, Billy Cornelius, Michael Nightingale, Brian Osborne and the awful Jack Douglas. The celebrated actor David Lodge was also in it, and Jeremy Connor, the son of Ken Connor, who did a few.
Mind you, after saying what I have it was not the worst so far, there was less of the sex jinks, and more dialogue, but it all looked as if it was the Sunday morning after the Saturday night before. There was worse to come.
The screenplay looked tired and lacking, most of the scenes were a bit dreary, photography was poor, I got the feeling that they did think this was going to be the last, but they went round again a few more times, a few too many, 'Carry on Abroad' should have been the last.
Sid James, Barbara Windsor and Hattie did do their last film, however not their last Carry On's, Sid & Hattie appeared in the 'Carry on Laughing' TV series in 1975, and Babs co-presented 'That's A Carry On' in 1978 (with Ken Williams), which was a 'film' where Babs and Ken were in the projection room of a cinema showing and commenting on clips from the proper films, so not a true film.
Sid did 19 Films, 4 spin-off films and 3 Christmas TV movies, 26 all together, as well as the TV series in 1975, the year before he died, he was on stage (not a carry on) when he had a heart attack in 1976, he passed away aged 62. Hattie was in the first 'Carry on Sergeant', she did 14 films, 1 spin-of film and 2 Christmas TV movies, 17 all together, her last was 'Carry on Laughing' the TV series in 1975,apart from a couple of films, she was successful in 'Sykes' the TV series with Eric Sykes 1972-1979,but sadly she also passed away from a heart attack in 1980 aged 58. Babs only did 9 proper Carry On's, 3 Xmas TV movies, The TV series and the compilation film, but she was very prominent in most. She has done lots more since, her last was in 2017, a TV movie 'Babs' about her own life in which she appeared as herself, and she is still with us, aged 82.
Another semi-regular who did her last was Margaret Nolan, she did 6, starting with 'Carry on Cowboy', she retired from acting in 1983 (although she came back for one role in 2011) and is also still with us, now aged 76. Patrick Durkin is a bit part actor, who you may not have heard of, he also did his last, he was in the first and did 6 and one of the spin -offs, he retired in 1998 and passed away in 2009 aged 73.
The other regulars to feature were Ken Williams, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Ken Connor, Peter Butterworth, Patsy Rowlands and Bill Maynard,. Of the bit-part actors, were John Clive, Marianne Stone, Billy Cornelius, Michael Nightingale, Brian Osborne and the awful Jack Douglas. The celebrated actor David Lodge was also in it, and Jeremy Connor, the son of Ken Connor, who did a few.
Mind you, after saying what I have it was not the worst so far, there was less of the sex jinks, and more dialogue, but it all looked as if it was the Sunday morning after the Saturday night before. There was worse to come.