Carry On Collection
Carry On Dick
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...
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- Carry On Dick
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- EN
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- US,GB
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CinemaSerf
Jul 23, 2023 · via TMDB
To be honest, I struggled with this a bit. It all centres on "Capt. Fancey" (Kenneth Williams) on the hunt for the legendary highwayman "Dick Turpin" - aka "Big Dick". Sadly, that's about the level of the rather crass and banal humour that pervades the rest of this pretty mediocre costume drama. The more "Carry On" films I watch, the more I do realise just how much Joan Sims contributed and here she shines as "Madame Desirée", but the rest of the cast seem content to take us down a rather childishly written path of stereotypes and slapstick and through a story that is a poor relation of "Doctor Syn" (1937). This franchise is reaching it's end now, the originality and playful humour of those made ten years ago has been replaced by an almost bawdy form of in-your-face comedy that really isn't anyone's finest work. Sorry, but I thought that this was quite poor.
John Chard
Aug 15, 2015 · via TMDB
I wouldn't fancy a poke with that. The 26th film of the series, Carry on Dick marked the end of an era for a number of reasons. It would be the last appearance of Sid James, Hattie Jaques and Barbara Windsor, and the last to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell. As the title suggests, by this time the series had gone fully into innuendo mode, here they take the Dick Turpin legend and cloak it with sexual nudge nudges and wink winks. Character names are a riot, Reverend Flasher - Big Dick - Desmond Fancey (AKA: Dandy Desmond), Jock Strapp and Constable (ooh-err, it's all about the pronunciation - the rascals), thus it's all very low-brow for sure. It's great to have Sid James in a period set dual role again (as in Don't Lose Your Head), he's nicely restrained as Reverend Flasher and on the other side he's all throaty laughs and cheek as the randy dandy highwayman, Big Dick! Playing the usual sexy foil to James is Windsor in one of her more meaty roles in the series, though Peter Butterworth and Kenneth Connor are not given nearly enough material to make a telling mark. Great to see Kenny Williams given some pompous caricature to get his teeth into, even if - unlike James' characters, this double act with Jack Douglas does feel like a lazy retread from Carry on Don't Lose Your Head. Carry On Behind would follow this one, a decent enough film that with hindsight should have been the closure for the series. Carry on Dick tried to keep the rompy end up (ooh-err) for the series, a last hurrah grasping onto the historical/period pictures that proved so popular in the previous decade. It's not a fitting farewell for some major players, but some great gags and spirited performances ensure it doesn't disgrace itself in the eyes of the fans who liked a bit of sauce with their "Carry On" sandwich. 7/10
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Sidney James
Big Dick Turpin
Barbara Windsor
Harriet
Kenneth Williams
Captain Desmond Fancey
Hattie Jacques
Miss Martha Hoggett
Bernard Bresslaw
Sir Roger Daley
Joan Sims
Madame Desiree
Kenneth Connor
Constable
Peter Butterworth
Tom
Jack Douglas
Sergeant Jock Strapp
Bill Maynard
Bodkin
Margaret Nolan
Lady Daley
John Clive
Isaac
David Lodge
Bullock
Marianne Stone
Maggie
Penny Irving
Lizzie
Eva Rueber-Staier
Bird of Paradise
Sam Kelly
Sir Roger's Coachman
George Moon
Mr. Giles
Michael Nightingale
Squire Trelawney
Brian Coburn
Scottish Highwayman
Max Faulkner
Highwayman (uncredited)
Joy Harington
Lady (uncredited)
Nick Hobbs
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Gerald Paris
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Nosher Powell
Footpad (uncredited)
Michael Stainton
Footpad (uncredited)
Paul Weston
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Peter Diamond
Stunts
Gerald Thomas
Director
Peter Rogers
Producer
Talbot Rothwell
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