When it comes to Beauty Queens - It's 'Carry On' and Bust!
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Carry On Girls (1973) is a comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas, released on November 9, 1973 with a runtime of 1h 28m. It stars Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor. Viewers rate it 5.7 out of 10 across 65 ratings.
Sidney James
as Councillor Sid Fiddler
Barbara Windsor
as Hope Springs
Joan Sims
as Connie Philpotts
Kenneth Connor
as Mayor Frederick Bumble
Bernard Bresslaw
as Peter Potter
June Whitfield
as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy
Peter Butterworth
as Admiral
Jack Douglas
as William
Patsy Rowlands
as Mildred Bumble
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Dukes
David Lodge
as Police Inspector
Valerie Leon
as Paula Perkins
Directed by Gerald Thomas, written by Talbot Rothwell, produced by Peter Rogers.
Average viewer score of 5.7/10 from 65 ratings.
The team have feminists in their sights. The seaside resort of Fircombe is struggling to attract the tourists, so Sid Fiddler (Sid James) proposes a beauty contest to draw some much needed punters into the town. Getting the inept Mayor (Kenneth Connor) to agree was easy enough, but opposition comes in the form of Augusta Prodworthy (June Whitfield) and her league of feminists. Lurid, smutty and just about average…
Reviewed on February 10, 2014
Despite the quite entertaining and bubbly contributions from Barbara Windsor, this franchise is now really scraping the bottom of the ideas barrel with this one. Sid James is "Fiddler", a local councillor who manages to convince the town council - under the mayorship of the hopeless "Mayor Bumble" (Kenneth Connor) to agree to let him host a beauty contest. Now this infuriates fellow councillor "Prodworthy" (June…
Reviewed on July 23, 2023
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The main cast of Carry On Girls (1973) includes Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor and Bernard Bresslaw. The film was directed by Gerald Thomas. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Carry On Girls was released on November 9, 1973 and runs for 1h 28m.
Carry On Girls (1973) holds an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 from 65 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
