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{{Infobox film
| name = Carry On Cabby
| image = CarryOnCabby.UKQuadposter.jpg
| caption = Original UK quad poster
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| screenplay = [[Talbot Rothwell]]
| story = [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]]
| starring = [[Sid James]] [[Hattie Jacques]] [[Kenneth Connor]] [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] [[Esma Cannon]] [[Liz Fraser]] [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] [[Milo O'Shea]] [[Judith Furse]] [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] [[Renée Houston]] [[Jim Dale]] [[Amanda Barrie]]
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]]
| editing = Archie Ludski
| studio = Peter Rogers Productions
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated]]/ [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|1963|11|7|df=yes}}<ref name="Art & Hue">{{cite web|url=http://artandhue.com/shop/carry-on-cabby/|title=Carry On Cabby |work=Art & Hue |date=2018 |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
| runtime = 91 minutes{{sfn|Rigelsford|1996|p=38}}{{sfn|Ross|1998|p=141}}
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £149,986
}}
'''''Carry On Cabby''''' is a 1963 [[British comedy]] film, the seventh in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). Released on 7 November 1963,<ref name="Art & Hue" /> it was the first to have a screenplay written by [[Talbot Rothwell]] (although the first screenplay "Tolly" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as ''[[Carry On Jack]]'') from a story by [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]] (script writers for [[Morecambe and Wise]]). Regulars [[Sid James]], [[Hattie Jacques]], [[Kenneth Connor]] and [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] are all present. [[Liz Fraser]] makes her third appearance (and last for more than a decade) and both [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] and [[Esma Cannon]] make their final (and in both cases, fourth) appearances. This was the first film in the series to feature ''Carry On'' regular [[Jim Dale]], and the first not to feature [[Kenneth Williams]] in the cast. Williams turned down the role of Allbright due to what he considered an inferior script. The part was scaled down, and given to [[Norman Chappell]].

''Carry On Cabby'' was originally planned as a non-Carry On film, called ''Call Me A Cab'' (after a stage play) but midway through development it became part of the ''Carry On'' series. The film is notable from others in the series for its dramatic plotline of a troubled marriage.

==Plot==

Charlie Hawkins ([[Sid James]]) is the workaholic owner of thriving taxi company ''Speedee Taxis'', but his wife Peggy ([[Hattie Jacques]]) feels neglected by him. When Charlie misses their fifteenth [[wedding anniversary]], because he is out cabbing, she decides to punish him. Telling Charlie that she is going to 'get a job', she establishes a rival company, ''GlamCabs''. The cars are brand new [[Ford Cortina]] Mk1s and driven by attractive girls in provocative [[uniforms]]. Flo, the wife of one of Charlie's drivers, is appointed to the post of office manager.

Charlie continues to coach his mainly inept (and often ex-army) drivers, including the clumsy Terry "Pintpot" Tankard ([[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]), whilst Peggy refuses to tell Charlie about her new job. Charlie feigns a lack of interest, but he is dying to know. As Charlie unsuccessfully struggles to cope with his wife's absences, and realises just what she had to endure, Peggy's company becomes a thriving success due to the large number of male taxi passengers preferring to ogle her sexy drivers during journeys. Speedee rapidly starts losing money and faces bankruptcy. Peggy feels terrible for what she has done. Charlie and his drivers attempt to [[sabotage]] the rival company, but they are chased off.

In desperation, Charlie suggests a [[merger]] with his rivals, but is furious to discover who the real owner is and storms off.

A month later, Peggy is living at the office and Charlie has turned to drink, allowing his company to collapse around him. Peggy and Sally ([[Liz Fraser]]) are [[carjacking|hijacked]] by bank robbers. Peggy manages to use the [[taxicab|taxi]] radio to subtly reveal their situation and location. Charlie intercepts the broadcast and rallies the other ''Speedee'' drivers in pursuit. The robbers are cornered and captured.

Peggy and Charlie are reconciled, especially over the fact that she is expecting a baby.

==Cast==
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* [[Sid James]] as Charlie Hawkins
* [[Hattie Jacques]] as Peggy Hawkins
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Terry "Pintpot" Tankard
* [[Kenneth Connor]] as Ted Watson
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Flo Sims
* [[Liz Fraser]] as Sally
* [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] as Smiley Sims
* [[Milo O'Shea]] as Len
* [[Jim Dale]] as Expectant father
* [[Norman Chappell]] as Allbright
* [[Judith Furse]] as Battleaxe
* [[Renée Houston]] as Molly
* [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] as Aristocratic lady
* [[Amanda Barrie]] as Anthea
* [[Carole Shelley]] as Dumb driver
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] as Sarge
* [[Peter Gilmore]] as Dancy
* [[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]] as Man in tweeds
* [[Noel Dyson]] as District nurse
* [[Michael Nightingale]] as Businessman
* [[Ian Wilson (actor)|Ian Wilson]] as Clerk
* [[Peter Byrne (actor)|Peter Byrne]] as Bridegroom
* [[Darryl Kavann]] as Punchy
* [[Peter Jesson]] as Car salesman
* [[Don McCorkindale (actor)|Don McCorkindale]] as Tubby
* [[Charles Stanley (actor)|Charles Stanley]] as Geoff
* [[Marion Collins]] as Bride
* [[Frank Forsyth]] as Chauffeur
* [[Norman Mitchell]] as Bespectacled businessman (uncredited)
* [[Marian Horton]] as Glamcab driver (uncredited)
* [[Valerie Van Ost]] as Glamcab driver (uncredited)
{{div col end}}

==Crew==

* Screenplay – [[Talbot Rothwell]]
* Idea – SC Green & RM Hills
* Music – [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
* Associate Producer – [[Frank Bevis]]
* Art Director – [[Jack Stephens (set decorator)|Jack Stephens]]
* Editor – Archie Ludski
* Director of Photography – [[Alan Hume]]
* Camera Operator – Godfrey Godar
* Unit Manager – Donald Toms
* Assistant Director – Peter Bolton
* Sound Editor – Arthur Ridout
* Sound Recordists – [[Bill Daniels]] & Gordon K McCallum
* Hairdressing – Biddy Chrystal
* Make-up Artists – Geoffrey Rodway & Jim Hydes
* Continuity – Penny Daniels
* Costume Designer – Joan Ellacott
* Producer – [[Peter Rogers]]
* Director – [[Gerald Thomas]]

==Filming and locations==

* Filming dates: 25 March – 7 May 1963

'''Interiors''':

* [[Pinewood Studios]], Buckinghamshire

'''Exteriors''':

* The streets of [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]

The scene in which "Pintpot" (Charles Hawtrey) drives a cab (PEG 1) round and round a roundabout was filmed at the junction of Goswell Road and Arthur Road, Windsor, with the railway arches of Windsor & Eton Central Station visible in the background. This area has changed considerably since 1963 with the building of King Edward Court and Ward Royal. Some filming was also undertaken in Farm Yard opposite Windsor & Eton Riverside Station.

The filming of ''Carry On Cabby'' is portrayed in the BBC drama ''[[Hattie (film)|Hattie]]'', a dramatisation of the life of Hattie Jacques.

== Release ==
First screened to the trade (cinema distributors) on 22 August 1963, the film went on general release across the UK later the same year on 7 November.<ref name="Art & Hue" />

== See also ==
* ''[[Taxi! (UK TV series)|Taxi!]]'' – contemporary TV series with Sid James in a similar role to ''Carry On Cabby''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908630-01-8}}
*{{Cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Titan Books |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85768-279-6 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-949007-4}}
*{{Cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-15-0}}
*{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |location=London |year=1998 |orig-year=1996 |isbn=0-7134-8439-X}}
*{{Cite book |last1=Bright|first1=Morris | last2=Ross |first2=Robert |title=Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers |publisher=BBC Books |location=London |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-563-55183-6}}
*{{Cite book |last=Rigelsford |first=Adrian |author-link = Adrian Rigelsford|title=Carry On Laughing – a celebration |publisher=Virgin |location=London |year=1996 |isbn=1-85227-554-5}}
*{{Cite book |last=Hibbin |first=Sally & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4}}
*{{Cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-7153-7403-0}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0056912}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|film|carry_on_cabby|Carry On Cabby}}
* [http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_cabby/ ''Carry On Cabby'' at The Whippit Inn]

{{Carry On Films}}
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