7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Carrying on the tradition., December 9, 1999
This should be a satisfying film for fans of the genre, especially those who enjoyed the historical Carry on's such as "Don't Lose Your Head". There is more smut than in earlier entries, but this 1974 film contains the last Carry On performances of Sid James (brilliant as "Reverend Flasher"), Hattie Jaques and Barbara Windsor and should be seen for them. There is admirable attention to creating the story's period and plenty of blue humour.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT CARRY ON FILMS, January 8, 2001
One of the last triumphs of the long running British comedy series. Many critics said that the Carry On series always scored best when re-working a piece of history into comedy. They could well be right!
The notorious highway man Dick Turpin is cleverly disguised as the Reverend of a church in a quiet village. However the Bow Street Runners led by captain Desmond Fancy (KENNETH WILLIAMS) are dertermined to bring his reign to an end.
Less action than there is normally but the scripts hold a considreable amount of laughs despite yet again being stuffed full of double entrendres. The cast are all looking a bit older now but are all as loveable than ever and all play there parts professionally with particularly good players being SID JAMES, BARBARA WINDSOR, KENNETH WILLIAMS and PETER BUTTERWORTH. JOAN SIMS is of good value too as the saucy Madame Desiree who's delightfully plummy French accent slides occasionally into a broad cockney accent. Great stuff! HATTIE JAQUES is very good too as is BERNARD BRESSLAW but JAQUES, SIMS and BRESSLAW are given very limited screen time yet their essential contibutions are effective,regardless!
This was a sad end of a golden era - many would say this was the end of the Carry On series as this was SID JAMES', BARBARA WINDSORS' and HATTIE JAQUES' final appearance in a Carry On film and the series went into rapid decline afterwards even though the series managed one more notworthy entry - CARRY ON BEHIND (1975) - even though this bombed badly at the Box Ofice charts. After that the series was nothing but a shadow of its former self and the momentum was lost and was then deemed as too old fashioned to simply carry on anymore. Sadly SID JAMES died in 1976 of a heart attack whilst on stage (just over a year of this Carry On) and then HATTIE JAQUES in 1980, thus leaving a gap in the series that could not and never will be filled! So if your looking for a good Carry On then this is defintley one of those and incidentallywas one of the most financially succesful entries in the series. Recommended!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dismal recording quality, August 6, 2005
This WHAM! USA production has the usual technical defects. The audio is at such a low level you will have to turn your TV set to full volume to get a small sound out of the speakers. The scenes vibrate vertically whenever there is a step in brightness between two parts of the scene that are vertically related with each other.
The program content is one of the least funny of the Carry On movies.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
