The quintessential Carry On.
Other entries were technically better crafted films with stronger stories better photography and more interesting filming locations but this just has a joyous atmosphere that can't be beat.
Key is having the majority of the core team present and each playing the character they do best.
Sid James is a scheming lech on the make, Bernard Bresslaw his affable but dim mate, Joan Sims is James' warm but assertive girlfriend, Kenneth Williams a haughty head of a girls' school evading the advances of a lovelorn Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor is a saucy schoolgirl, Charles Hawtry a friendly but naive first-time camper, Terry Scott the put-upon husband of a relentlessly jolly domineering wife (Betty Marsden, in her only Carry On lead role), and Peter Butterworth the money grubbing owner of the campsite where they all end up.
Dilys Laye is funny and effective as Bresslaw's girlfriend Anthea Meeks, itching to come out of her shell. Laye played significant roles in four Carry On films but her screen presence makes it seem like it was more. Julian Holloway is one of my favourite Carry On support players and he has a fun turn here as the bus driver.
The story peters-out when the hippies disrupt things, but the character interactions are a winner.
Other entries were technically better crafted films with stronger stories better photography and more interesting filming locations but this just has a joyous atmosphere that can't be beat.
Key is having the majority of the core team present and each playing the character they do best.
Sid James is a scheming lech on the make, Bernard Bresslaw his affable but dim mate, Joan Sims is James' warm but assertive girlfriend, Kenneth Williams a haughty head of a girls' school evading the advances of a lovelorn Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor is a saucy schoolgirl, Charles Hawtry a friendly but naive first-time camper, Terry Scott the put-upon husband of a relentlessly jolly domineering wife (Betty Marsden, in her only Carry On lead role), and Peter Butterworth the money grubbing owner of the campsite where they all end up.
Dilys Laye is funny and effective as Bresslaw's girlfriend Anthea Meeks, itching to come out of her shell. Laye played significant roles in four Carry On films but her screen presence makes it seem like it was more. Julian Holloway is one of my favourite Carry On support players and he has a fun turn here as the bus driver.
The story peters-out when the hippies disrupt things, but the character interactions are a winner.