Carry On Girls


Carry On Girls is a 1973 British comedy film, the 25th release in the series of 31 Carry On films. The film is notable for being the first Carry On to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End play, My Fat Friend. Hawtrey had been dropped from the series the previous year. The film features regulars Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Patsy Rowlands makes her seventh appearance in the series. Jack Douglas makes his third appearance, this time upgraded to a main role. This is the final of six Carry On films for Valerie Leon and Jimmy Logan makes a guest appearance in his second and final Carry On.

Plot

The seaside town of Fircombe is facing a crisis – it's always raining and there's nothing for the tourists to do. Councillor Sidney Fiddler hits on the notion of holding a beauty contest. The mayor, Frederick Bumble, is taken with the idea but feminist councillor Augusta Prodworthy is outraged and storms out of the meeting. The motion is carried in Augusta's absence, and Sidney contacts publicist Peter Potter to help with the organisation.
Sidney's girlfriend, Connie Philpotts, runs a local hotel and soon her residents—including the eccentric Mrs Dukes and the randy old Admiral —are outnumbered by putative models, including diminutive biker Hope Springs and tall, buxom Dawn Brakes. A catfight orchestrated by Hope after thinking Dawn has stolen her bikini provides better newspaper copy than bringing a donkey off the beach which, despite the bucket and spade of hotel porter, William, ruins the plush carpets. Augusta's son, press photographer Larry, is hired to document the donkey stunt and snaps the catfight that has the Mayor losing his trousers, then gulps his way through a nude photo shoot with Dawn. The Mayor's wife, Mildred, joins Prodworthy's bra-burning movement and plots the downfall of the Miss Fircombe contest on the pier. Peter Potter reluctantly becomes a man in a frock for another publicity gimmick for the television show Women's Things, presented by Cecil Gaybody and produced by Debra. Prodworthy and butch feminist Rosemary call in the police to investigate the male pageant contestant but Peter's previously prim girlfriend, Paula, has a makeover and turns out to be very buxom and glamorous. and steps into the breach as the mysterious girl.
Prodworthy's gang put "Operation Spoilsport" into action, sabotaging the final contest with water, mud and itching powder. With an angry mob after his blood, Sidney makes his escape on a go-kart, finds Connie has taken all the money and then speeds away with Hope on her motorcycle.

Certification

The film marked a slightly more risqué treatment of the topic with more nudity and openly sexual jokes than previous films. Discreet cuts by the BBFC enabled the film to gain the more commercially acceptable A certificate than the more restrictive AA certificate, barring entry to the under-fourteens.

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