Carry On Abroad (1972)

Tourist travel gets the Carry On troupe's special treatment in Carry On Abroad. I think this film might have been inspired by the American movie If It's Tuesday It Must Be Belgium.A whole bunch of our Carry On regulars go on a vacation tour in Spain with Kenneth Williams as the tour guide. Among others on the tour are Sid James, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey and curvaceous Sally Geeson.They've booked a vacation at Peter Butterworth's hotel. The problem is that it isn't finished and he's having labor problems. Nevertheless these British tourists have reservations for his little inn in Spain. And the problems resulting from the incomplete construction are where the comedy comes from. Some really great events when a whole bunch of the Carry On regulars invade the local bordello and get arrested. But the climax is one for the books when several people spike the punch and the hotel's very foundation starts cracking due to the unfinished construction. Poor Butterworth is trying to warn all these drunk tourists of the danger and no one pays him heed.A lot of laughs in this Carry On film, don't miss it.

"Carry On" movies come in three basic flavors. Several early ones are heart-warming but still happily silly. The historical and movie spoofs ("Jack", "Spying", "Cowboy", "Cleo", "Jungle" etc.) are preferred by many aficionados. The third kind are set in ('70s) modern dress with scripts containing wall-to-wall double-entendres. And single-entendres."Carry on Abroad" is a quintessential example of the third type. Of the long-term "Carry On" repertory company Connor, Williams, Hawtrey, Sims, Jacques, James, Windsor, Bresslaw and Butterworth appear. Adding June Whitfield (making her first "Carry On" since "Nurse" more than a dozen years before) and the twitching Jack Douglas (in his second "Carry On" movie outing) gives the film a nicely representative "Carry On" cast."Carry On Abroad" takes its cast on a tour to a foreign resort (actually, the parking lot of the studio), where Murphy's Law is proved at every turn. Kenneth Williams runs the tour agency, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques run the hotel that hasn't been completed, and the rest run rampant.Some of the attitudes are offensive by today's standards – but some of the attitudes were offensive back then, too. Some of the attitudes will continue to be offensive in the future, whether posterity becomes more Victorian in sentiment, or whether it continues to expand into politically-correct, anti-free speech liberalism. "Carry On" movies of this flavor were made to offend."Carry On Abroad" does have a serious bone in its body, too, in the June Whitfield sub-plot, but that doesn't detract us long.The six stars should be taken in context. "Carry On" movies were made as cheaply as possible and are not meant to be judged in the same way as one appraises, say, "Doctor Zhivago"

This is another fine movie from the early 70's from the Carry On gang before they got too dirty and raunchy. Sid James leads the way again as he is about to take a vacation alone. Turns out he was going on the same trip as Barbara Windsor, a woman he is flirting with in front of his wife. A friend lets the wife know she will be on the trip. She decides to go against his wishes. Joan Sims plays his wife as she usually does. It's always funny to see her try to keep Sid in line. Sally Geeson and Carol Hawkins play two hot-ties who are seen in various states of undress. I love Sally and Carol, they both have great bodies. Gail Grainger plays the roommate of Barbara Windsor, she also has a great body. Bernard Bresselaw plays the part of a monk, who is on vacation with his brothers at the same hotel. There are many funny moments as the hotel is not complete and people keep peeking in on everyone. Bernard keeps having run-in's with the young women and he keeps getting in trouble with the other monks. This movie flows so well that you want it to keep going. One of the best Carry On's.

I have always liked the Carry On films, with their double-meaning sexual innuendo dialogue and moments of slapstick comedy, but I can see why the critics give this one two stars. Basically, many British people are gathering on a coach to go on a Spanish holiday to an island called Elsbels to the Palace Hotel. What they didn't know is that it is not completely built, plus they have to share bathrooms with their neighbours, they have crap draws, and many other complications and complaints that the owner Pepe (Peter Butterworth, putting on quite an amusing accent, e.g. peace sounding like the bad P word). Starring Sid James as Vic Flange, Kenneth Williams as Stuart Farquhar, Charles Hawtrey as Eustace Tuttle, Joan Sims as Cora Flange, Barbara Windsor as Sadie Tomkins, Kenneth Connor as Stanley Blunt, an apparently crap (I personally can't remember who he is) Jimmy Logan as Bert Conway, June Whitfield as Evelyn Blunt, Hattie Jacques as Floella (a ridiculous hag character, not as memorable as her usual Matron), Bernard Bresslaw as Brother Bernard, Sally Geeson as Lily, Carol Hawkins as Marge, Jack Douglas as Harry and Patsy Rowlands as Miss Dobbs. I admit it is not great, but there are just enough dialogue gags, and of course Babs in the shower, and going to to her bum with that iconic whistle, and later a rapid rip off of her bra. Okay!