raising the wind (1961)

aka Roommates
"...If we tried to get some of the notes in the right places."
A group of music students move into a shared house, and subsequently share some comical adventures, especially when one of their number drunkenly sells a song to some unscrupulous music publishers, which looks to have broken the rules of his scholarship.
The usual suspects all pop up, from James Robertson Justice, Liz Fraser, through to Leslie Phillips in this inconsequential but likeable comedy.

the big job (1965)

"Fantastic, isn't it. You can't trust anyone."
George The Brain (Sid James), and his gang of bank robbers have recently been released, after a long stretch. They immediately set about collecting the money they had stashed away, but unfortunately for them, the tree it is hidden in is in the backyard of a Police Station...
Forgettable slapstick, that has been done countless times before.

nurse on wheels (1963)

aka What a Carry On: Nurse on Wheels.
"What can go wrong."
Joanna (Juliet Mills) gets promoted to district nurse, but has to move to a country village to take up the post, bringing her ditsy mother (Esma Cannon) along. She also has to contend with her patients belief that she is far too young for the job.
A gentler comedy than the Carry On series, but an enjoyable, if unremarkable affair.

raising the wind (1961)

aka Roommates.
"Another five days and we'll be in the thick of it."
A group of music students hit on the idea of sharing a flat, to cut living costs, have somewhere to practice without disturbing their neighbours, and subsequently get into some adventures as they do so.
A Doctor film, moved from medical to music school, even using many of those film's ensemble, including James Robertson Justice, Liz Fraser and Leslie Phillips. Add in a sprinkling of Carry On cast and you have unfortunately a poor approximation of both these popular series.

carry on loving (1970)

"They are a beautifully fashioned pair."
The plot centres on the problems the Wedded Bliss dating agency gets into when they install a computer to match up customers.
The ensemble are all here, but this turns out to be one of the poor relations in the family that is the 'Carry On' series.

carry on emmanuelle (1978)

"I will make you love me, if it's the last thing I do."
Emmannuelle Prevert (Suzanne Danielle) arrives in London to be reunited with her ambassador husband (Kenneth Williams), but finding him distracted, she gets to work on various high ranking politicians. Will she ever manage to make her husband jealous and get him into bed?
Trying to grab some of the 'Confessions Of' sex comedy audience this falls flat and is remembered more for killing off the 'Carry On' series. Double entendre's arrive thick and fast, but the producers forgot to leave some of the comedy in the script.

carry on follow that camel (1967)

"The behaviour of the white infidels is like blood coming from a stone. Bleedin' mystery."
A bogus legionaire proves his mettle during an arab attack.
Bo West (Jim Dale) joins the Foreign Legion to clear his reputation, but there is trouble brewing with the locals, amd unknown to Bo, his fiance (Angela Douglas) has followed him in disguise...
One of the few Carry On's that breaks with tradition, using a known American star, in this case Phil Silvers as the star of the show, possibly showing the producers felt this was not one of their finest moments. One for the completists.

carry on up the khyber (1968)

"Fakir! Off!"
India during the British Raj and the Khazi of Kalabar (Kenneth Williams) wants his country back from the British. All that is stopping him is Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) and his "skirted-devils", the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment.
Featuring all the usual gang, this is one of the better of the long running series, with the jokes coming thick and fast.

carry on dick (1974)

"known as big dick, due to the unusual size of his weapon."
The carry on team take on the story of Dick Turpin, with Sid James as Dick and Barbara Windsor as his trusted sidekick as they terrorise the countryside holding up coaches for their money. Whilst Kenneth Williams is the hapless Capt Fancey, constantly outwitted by Dick, as he tries to capture the outlaw.
You know where you are with a Carry On, and this continues the pattern in an mildly entertaining way.

carry on doctor (1967)

"Matron doesn't approve of banging in the wards."
The charming Dr. Kilmore (Jim Dale) is popular with the patients, just as registrar Dr. Tinkle (Kenneth Williams) and the battleaxe matron (Hattie Jacques) are universally detested. When Kilmore is sacked under dubious circumstances the patients are determined to exact their revenge on Tinkle and the matron.
All the regulars are here, with the addition of Frankie Howerd. They mesh nicely with the double entendres, but this is still one of the mediocre efforts in the institution that is the Carry On series.

carry on behind (1975)

"Don't worry me and Professor Crump will soon be having it off."
Major Leep (Kenneth Connor), a randy campsite owner discovers some Roman remains on his land. Cue much confusion and chaos when archaeology Professors Crump & Vooshka (Kenneth Williams & Elke Sommer) descend on the campsite, interupting the philanderering.
Most of the crew make it into this one, barring Sid James, for a rather middle of the road member of the series.

carry on screaming (1966)

"Frying tonight!"
Young ladies are disappearing and henpecked Sgt Bung of the yard (Harry H. Corbett) is tasked with finding the kidnapper. This leads him to a sinister country house where discover Dr Watt (Kenneth Williams) and his wife Valaria (Fenella Fielding) are using the bodies to create waxworks.
Probably the pinicle of the Carry on series, which delights in taking on the Hammer horror genre.

carry on henry (1971)

"Has she been chaste?"
Henry VIII (sid James) eyes up his next conquest, ? (Barbara Windsor). The only problem is that he has just married Marie of Normandy (Joan Sims). To rid himself of this annoying impediment he hits on the idea of getting her to have an affair...
The usual inuendo flows freely: Ok, but there are better.

carry on girls (1973)

"Who is responsible for this!"
A seaside town decide it would be good publicity to hold a beauty contest, but the mayor's wife has other idea's, annoyed at the objectification of women.
All the regulars are here, in one of the lesser entries in the series. The living embodyment of the naughty seaside postcard, with added bra burning feminists out to spoil the fun.

carry on matron (1972)

"My wife doesn't like it!"
The Carry on team again decamp to a hospital setting. This time a gang of criminals, led by Sid James plan on stealing drugs from a hospital. They hit on a plan to infiltrate the staff with Kenneth Cope dragging up as a nurse. Meanwhile various other members of the team turn up as neurotic doctors, nurses or patients.
By this point the Carry on team had hit its stride, treading a fine line between slapstick, sight gags and double entendre's. You either love 'em or hate them. To me it's fine sunday afternoon fare, if it's on tv.

carry on jack (1963)

"If you've got a heart of oak, it's got a worm in it."
It's the 18th Century and Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins), has finally passed his Midshipman exams. On his way to his first commission, the good ship Venus, he has his uniform stolen by Sally (Juliet Mills), who wants to find her lost love. She disgusises herself as Poop-Decker and takes his place on board. But Alberts problems don't end there, as he is press-ganged onto HMS Venus. There he finds the officers planning a mutiny to rid themselves of the incompetent Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams)...
An average entry in the series, let down in part by a weak script, and the lowest number of carry on regulars in the cast.

bless this house (1972)

"You have to make a decision...whether to save the world from polution, or go shopping with your mother!"
The Abbot family (Sid James, Diana Coupland, Robin Askwith and Sally Geeson) have their neat suburban lives shaken up a bit when the next door neighbours sell up and move on. The new neighbours prove to be uptight and stuffy and the Abbots get off on the wrong foot with them, causing complications and mildly amusing confusion all round.
Popular sit com reaches the big screen. Now it was never the most sophisticated comedy to start with, and this matches it completely. So if you like a mildly amusing family comedy, then this it for you.

carry on spying (1964)

aka Agent Oooh! Watch Out for the Spies.
"I cannot smoke those, they make me deaf!"
STENCH have stolen a top secret formula and Agent Simpkins (Kenneth Williams) and three of their new recruits, (including Barbara Windsor in her first Carry On), are sent to retrieve it.
A send up of spy movies, from early Hitchcock, through The Third Man, to the then recent James Bond, this is one of the funnier films in the series.

carry on cruising (1962)

"Anchors away."
Captain Crowther (Sid James) starts his latest cruise with five new recruits to his crew. Five of the most incompetant crew that he is ever likely to meet. To make up for their failings the new crew try to put on a birthday party for the captain that he'll never forget!
The sixth carry on and by this time the series had hit its stride, with an ensemble cast and script formula that was box office gold. But the fact that this was the first of the series to be shot in colour cannot make up for what is essentially one of the weaker offerings.

carry on abroad (1972)

"it took me a long time to get all that in there!"
All the regulars turn up for a four day holiday at a half finished Spanish hotel, in the resort of Elsbels. These include Sid James as a randy publican (what else!) and Barbara Windsor is the piece of crumpet Sid is chasing, much to the annoyance of his wife (Joan Sims).
You know what to expect by now, double entendre's, rampant xenophobia and some mild smut. Oh how far we have travelled in the past 30 years from this!