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{{Infobox film
| name = Carry On Abroad
| image = Carry On Abroad (movie poster).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Original UK quad poster
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| writer = [[Talbot Rothwell]]
| starring = [[Sid James]] [[Kenneth Williams]] [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] [[Joan Sims]] [[Bernard Bresslaw]] [[Barbara Windsor]] [[Kenneth Connor]] [[Peter Butterworth]] [[Jimmy Logan]] [[June Whitfield]] [[Hattie Jacques]]
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| distributor = [[The Rank Organisation]]
| released = 15 December 1972
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £225,000
}}
'''''Carry On Abroad''''' is a 1972 [[British comedy]] film, the 24th release in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). The film features series regulars [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Peter Butterworth]] and [[Hattie Jacques]]. It was the 23rd and final appearance for [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]. [[June Whitfield]] returned after appearing in ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' 13 years earlier. [[Jimmy Logan]] and [[Carol Hawkins]] made their first of two appearances in the series.

Along with the previous film in the series (''[[Carry On Matron]]''), it features the highest number of the regular ''Carry On'' team. The only members missing are [[Jim Dale]] and [[Terry Scott]], both of whom had left the series by this point (although Dale would return belatedly for ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' in 1992) and, as a result, were never in a ''Carry On'' film together.

==Plot==
The film opens with pub landlord and frequent holidaymaker Vic Flange ([[Sid James]]) openly flirting with the sassy saucepot widow Sadie Tompkins ([[Barbara Windsor]]) as his battleaxe wife, Cora ([[Joan Sims]]), looks on with disdain. Their twitching friend Harry ([[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]]), who is prone to [[Myoclonus|elaborate and violent twitches]], arrives and reveals that the [[package holiday]] Vic has booked to the Mediterranean island Elsbels (a pun on the slang expression "Hell's Bells") which is on the Costa Bomm, also includes Sadie, much to Cora's outrage. Cora, who avoids holidays because she hates flying, suddenly decides to accompany her boorish husband on the trip, to ensure he keeps away from Sadie.

The next day, Stuart Farquhar ([[Kenneth Williams]]), the representative of Wundatours Travel Agency, and his sexy, seductive assistant, Moira Plunkett ([[Gail Grainger]]), welcome the motley passengers. Among them are the henpecked and sex-starved Stanley Blunt ([[Kenneth Connor]]) and his overbearing, conservative, [[wikt:frigid|frigid]] wife, Evelyn ([[June Whitfield]]); a drunken, bowler-hatted mummy's boy, Eustace Tuttle ([[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]); brash Scotsman Bert Conway ([[Jimmy Logan]]); young and beautiful friends Lily and Marge ([[Sally Geeson]] and [[Carol Hawkins]] respectively), who are each hoping to find a man to fall in love with; and a party of monks, including Brother Bernard ([[Bernard Bresslaw]]), a timid young monk who has difficulty fitting into his new path of life.

Unfortunately, upon their arrival they discover their hotel is only half-finished; the builders have just quit suddenly for unspecified reasons, leaving the remaining five floors unfinished. Distraught manager Pepe ([[Peter Butterworth]]) desperately tries to run the place in myriad different guises – the manager, the doorman and the porter – and the chef is his irate, ill-tempered wife, Floella ([[Hattie Jacques]]), who battles repeatedly with the temperamental stove while their handsome, womanising son Georgio ([[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]]) idles behind the bar. The hotel also hides an assortment of faults, and Pepe is soon overrun with complaints: Evelyn finds Mr Tuttle in her bath, Vic discovers Sadie naked in his shower; Lily and Marge's wardrobe has no back to it, allowing them to be accidentally seen by Brother Bernard in the opposite room; sand pours out of Moira's taps; the lavatory drenches Bert. The phone system itself is faulty, and the guests end up complaining to each other for much of the time. Nevertheless, Stuart is determined to ensure everyone has a good time.

Dinner on the first night is foul, and made even more unpleasant by the smoke from the burning food in the kitchen, which forces the motley group of holiday-makers to open the windows, prompting the arrival of mosquitos. Although agreeing to play [[leapfrog]] with Tuttle, Lily and Marge have their eyes on other things. Marge takes a shine to Brother Bernard, and they develop an innocent romance, while Lily lures the dashing Nicholas ([[David Kernan]]) away from his jealous (and, it is implied, gay) friend, Robin ([[John Clive]]). Meanwhile, Stanley attempts to seduce Cora whilst his nagging wife is not present, but Cora is more interested in keeping Vic away from Sadie, who grows fond of Bert. Vic tries to put Bert off Sadie by telling him that she is a black widow who murdered her two previous husbands, when in fact both were [[firemen]] who died on the job.

The next day, the holidaymakers are awakened very early in the morning by the builders, who have returned to work. While most of the party go off on an excursion to the nearby village, Stanley ensures his wife is left behind so that he can spend the day attempting to woo Cora. Vic samples a local drink, "Santa Cecelia's [[Elixir]]", which blesses the drinker with X-ray vision and he is able to see through women's clothing. However, the tourists are arrested for causing a riot at Madame Fifi's ([[Olga Lowe]]) local [[brothel]] after Vic, Bert and Eustace annoy the girls there; left-behind Evelyn is seduced by Georgio, which leads to her abandoning her frigid manners.

In the local prison, Miss Plunkett seduces the Chief of Police, and the tourists are released. Back at the hotel, Mrs Blunt resumes her sex life with a surprised Stanley after having a brief affair with Georgio. The last night in the hotel starts as a success, with all the guests at ease with each other thanks to the punch being spiked with Santa Cecelia's [[Elixir]]. Midway through the night it begins to rain, and the hotel is shown to have been constructed on a dry river bed. As the hotel begins to collapse Pepe finally loses his patience and sanity with the guests, intoxicated by the spiked punch, party on oblivious to the fact the hotel is disintegrating around them.

The film then shifts forward an unspecified period of time, and shows an Elsbels reunion at Vic and Cora's pub. Farquhar has also lost his job at Wundatours and started working at the pub. All the guests are happy, and reminisce about the holiday they barely survived.

==Cast==
*[[Sid James]] as Vic Flange
*[[Kenneth Williams]] as Stuart Farquhar
*[[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Eustace Tuttle
*[[Joan Sims]] as Cora Flange
*[[Peter Butterworth]] as Pepe
*[[Kenneth Connor]] as Stanley Blunt
*[[Hattie Jacques]] as Floella
*[[Bernard Bresslaw]] as Brother Bernard
*[[Barbara Windsor]] as Sadie Tomkins
*[[Jimmy Logan]] as Bert Conway
*[[June Whitfield]] as Evelyn Blunt
*[[Sally Geeson]] as Lily Maggs<ref>Kenneth Williams's character refers to her as "Miss Maggs"</ref>
*[[Carol Hawkins]] as Marge Dawes<ref>Kenneth Williams's character refers to her as "Miss Dawes"</ref>
*[[Gail Grainger]] as Moira Plunkett
*[[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]] as Georgio
*[[John Clive]] as Robin Tweet
*[[David Kernan]] as Nicholas Phipps
*[[Patsy Rowlands]] as Miss Dobbs
*[[Derek Francis]] as Brother Martin
*[[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] as Harry
*[[Amelia Bayntun]] as Mrs Tuttle
*[[Alan Curtis (British actor)|Alan Curtis]] as Police Chief
*[[Hugh Futcher]] as Jailer
*[[Gertan Klauber]] as Postcard seller
*[[Brian Osborne]] as Stall-holder
*[[Olga Lowe]] as Madame Fifi

==Crew==
*Screenplay – [[Talbot Rothwell]]
*Music – [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
*Production Manager – Jack Swinburne
*Art Director – [[Lionel Couch]]
*Editor – [[Alfred Roome]]
*Director of Photography – [[Alan Hume]]
*Camera Operator – Jimmy Davis
*Continuity – Joy Mercer
*Assistant Director – David Bracknell
*Sound Recordists – Taffy Haines & Ken Barker
*Make-up – Geoffrey Rodway
*Assistant Art Director – Bill Bennison
*Set Dresser – Don Picton
*Hairdresser – Stella Rivers
*Costume Designer – Courtenay Elliott
*Dubbing Editor – Peter Best
*Assistant Editor – Jack Gardner
*Titles – GSE Ltd
*Processor – Rank Film Laboratories
*Producer – [[Peter Rogers]]
*Director – [[Gerald Thomas]]

===Notes===
The film's opening credits also include 'Sun Tan Lo Tion' (sun tan lotion) as 'Technical Director'.

The brothel keeper is played by Olga Lowe, one of the first actresses to work with [[Sid James]] when he arrived in the UK in 1946. Lowe was also the actress on stage with James on the night he died in Sunderland.

==Filming and locations==
*Filming dates – 17 April–26 May 1972 (The previous entry – ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' – was released during filming)

Interior/exterior film locations:

Bagshot, Surrey: The road to the airport.

High Street, Slough: The Wundatours travel agency shop (the site has since been redeveloped and is now Cornwall House).

[[Pinewood Studios]]: Elsbels airport terminal building (the studios' security block); the Whippit Inn pub; Elsbels hotel interior and exterior scenes. (The hotel was constructed in the studio backlot with a matte added to represent the upper floors and sections of scaffold.)

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=Morris |last2=Ross |first2=Robert |title=Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers |publisher=BBC Books |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-563-55183-6}}
*{{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908630-01-8}}
*{{cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-7153-7403-0}}
*{{cite book |last=Hibbin |first=Sally & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4}}
*{{cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-15-0}}
*{{cite book |last=Rigelsford |first=Adrian |author-link=Adrian Rigelsford |title=Carry On Laughing – a celebration |publisher=Virgin |year=1996 |isbn=1-85227-554-5}}
*{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7134-8771-8}}
*{{cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Books |edition=3rd |year=2007}}
*{{cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Titan Books |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85768-279-6}}
*{{cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-949007-4}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0069847}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|carry_on_abroad_1972}}
*[http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_abroad/ ''Carry On Abroad'' at The Whippit Inn]

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