Not a patch on Carry On Doctor, this is a very poor follow up to it, Most of the cast from Carry On Doctor were in it, they could have used that to their advantage and incorporated the continuity of that into this, but they missed that trick, but it was similar, however this one had gaping holes in the screenplay and some of the plot missing. Photography was poor and smut had reared its ugly head, with Barbara Windsor being almost entirely naked, the stars on her important bits did not leave anything to the imagination. Not good.
Sid James was top of the bill, I don't know why he only appeared in a 1/4 of it, Jim Dale should have had top billing, other regulars were Ken Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, and Peter Gilmore, Valerie Leon pops up again, nice, and since Harry H. Corbett had a one off role in .......Screaming', Wilfrid Brambell (his acting partner in Steptoe & Son) thought he would have a go in this as well, but his was a non speaking cameo.
Someone you might not of heard of as a regular was Frank Forsyth who did mostly bit roles, he was Mr. Bean in this and it was his last Carry On, he was in the first 3 and did 8 altogether along with 3 spin off films, he retired from acting in 1980 and passed away in 1984 aged 78. Another who is not generally known as a regular is Valerie Van Ost, she only did 4 in bit roles except for a slightly longer role in 'Carry o Doctor', this was her last and she gave up acting soon after, sadly she passed away in September last year aged 75. Valerie Leon also popped up in this and a new regular appeared in Patsy Rowlands, she went on to do 8 more, a side issue and the TV series.
Its nice to see some of the characters and the acting, it was even nice to see most of Barbara Windsor, but the film in general was very poor, at least the next was better.
Sid James was top of the bill, I don't know why he only appeared in a 1/4 of it, Jim Dale should have had top billing, other regulars were Ken Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, and Peter Gilmore, Valerie Leon pops up again, nice, and since Harry H. Corbett had a one off role in .......Screaming', Wilfrid Brambell (his acting partner in Steptoe & Son) thought he would have a go in this as well, but his was a non speaking cameo.
Someone you might not of heard of as a regular was Frank Forsyth who did mostly bit roles, he was Mr. Bean in this and it was his last Carry On, he was in the first 3 and did 8 altogether along with 3 spin off films, he retired from acting in 1980 and passed away in 1984 aged 78. Another who is not generally known as a regular is Valerie Van Ost, she only did 4 in bit roles except for a slightly longer role in 'Carry o Doctor', this was her last and she gave up acting soon after, sadly she passed away in September last year aged 75. Valerie Leon also popped up in this and a new regular appeared in Patsy Rowlands, she went on to do 8 more, a side issue and the TV series.
Its nice to see some of the characters and the acting, it was even nice to see most of Barbara Windsor, but the film in general was very poor, at least the next was better.