Product Details

• Actors: Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey
• Directors: Gerald Thomas
• Writers: Brock Williams, Norman Hudis
• Producers: Peter Rogers
• Format: PAL
• Number of tapes: 1
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00004CSF9
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,891 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enter Sid James, May 10, 2006

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Ian Phillips (Bolton, Lancashire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carry on, Constable (DVD)

Carry On Constable was a turning point in the series as it marked the first apperance of Sid James. Surprisingly he doesn't play his usual rogue-like, lecherous old man role as he always did in later entries, instead playing a fair, down-to-earth, good old fashioned policeman who is continually undermined by his superior. Still his performance was a breeze of fresh air in the series. This is basically Carry On Sergeant transferred to a police station. None of it is beleavable of course, but there is certainly plenty of fun to endure and this is perharps one of the best of the black and white Carry On's. Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor, all play the blatantly incompetent trainee police-officers who make a mockery of virtually every task they're given but all turns out good in the end of course - after all this is a Carry On film. Amongst the rest of the cast include Joan Sims as super-efficent WPC Gloria Pasworthy (who Kenneth Connor falls hopelessly in love with in the film), Hattie Jaques as a down-to-earth, understanding officer who enjoys a close friendship with Sid James and an amusing cameo from Joan Hickson playing a loveable, typically English eccentric who is forever drunk and getting arrested on drunken-disorderley charges.

Carry On Constable features the series in its prime. It's as corny as ever and distinctley British but the cozy, old-fashioned feel of the film holds an undeniably timeless quality. Recommended.