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{{Infobox film
| name = Carry On Girls
| image = CarryOnGirls.Cinemaposter.jpg
| caption = Original UK quad poster
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| writer = [[Talbot Rothwell]]
| starring = [[Sid James]] [[Barbara Windsor]] [[Joan Sims]] [[Kenneth Connor]] [[Bernard Bresslaw]] [[June Whitfield]] [[Peter Butterworth]] [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] [[Patsy Rowlands]] [[Jimmy Logan]] [[Margaret Nolan]] [[Valerie Leon]]
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| distributor = [[Rank Organisation]]
| released = 9 November 1973
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £205,962
}}
'''''Carry On Girls''''' is a 1973 [[British comedy]] film, the 25th release in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/carry-on-girls-v122481/cast-crew|title=Carry On Girls (1973) - Gerald Thomas | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> The film features regulars [[Sid James]], [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]] and [[Peter Butterworth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a735356|title=Carry On Girls (1974)|website=BFI}}</ref> This ''Carry On'' featured neither [[Kenneth Williams]] nor [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]; Williams was unavailable and Hawtrey had been dropped from the series.

[[Patsy Rowlands]] makes her seventh appearance in the series. [[Robin Askwith]] makes his only appearance in the series. [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] makes his third appearance, this time upgraded to a main role. This is the final of six ''Carry On'' films for [[Valerie Leon]] and [[Jimmy Logan]] makes the second of his two ''Carry On'' appearances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0a80677|title=Valerie Leon|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1820291|title=Jimmy Logan|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Plot==
The seaside town of Fircombe is facing a crisis – it's always raining and there's nothing for the tourists to do. Councillor Sidney Fiddler ([[Sid James]]) hits on the notion of holding a beauty contest. The mayor, Frederick Bumble ([[Kenneth Connor]]), is taken with the idea but feminist councillor Augusta Prodworthy ([[June Whitfield]]) is outraged and storms out of the meeting. The motion is carried in Augusta's absence, and Sidney contacts publicist Peter Potter ([[Bernard Bresslaw]]) to help with the organisation.

Sidney's girlfriend, Connie Philpotts ([[Joan Sims]]), runs a local hotel and soon her residents—including the eccentric Mrs Dukes ([[Joan Hickson]]) and the randy old Admiral ([[Peter Butterworth]])—are outnumbered by putative models, including diminutive biker Hope Springs ([[Barbara Windsor]]) and tall, buxom Dawn Brakes ([[Margaret Nolan]]). A [[catfight]] orchestrated by Hope after thinking Dawn has stolen her bikini provides better newspaper copy than bringing a donkey off the beach which, despite the bucket and spade of hotel porter, William ([[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]]), ruins the plush carpets. Augusta's son, press photographer Larry ([[Robin Askwith]]), is hired to document the donkey stunt and snaps the catfight that has the Mayor losing his trousers, then gulps his way through a nude photo shoot with Dawn. The Mayor's wife, Mildred ([[Patsy Rowlands]]), joins Prodworthy's bra-burning movement and plots the downfall of the Miss Fircombe contest on the pier. Peter Potter reluctantly becomes a man in a frock for another publicity gimmick for the television show ''Women's Things'', presented by Cecil Gaybody ([[Jimmy Logan]]) and produced by Debra ([[Sally Geeson]]). Prodworthy and butch feminist Rosemary ([[Patricia Franklin]]) call in the police ([[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] and Billy Cornelius) to investigate the male pageant contestant but Peter's previously prim girlfriend, Paula ([[Valerie Leon]]), has a makeover and turns out to be very buxom and glamorous. and steps into the breach as the mysterious girl.

Prodworthy's gang put "Operation Spoilsport" into action, sabotaging the final contest with water, mud and itching powder. With an angry mob after his blood, Sidney makes his escape on a go-kart, finds Connie has taken all the money and then speeds away with Hope on her motorcycle.

==Certification==
The film marked a slightly more risqué treatment of the topic with more nudity and openly sexual jokes than previous films. Discreet cuts by the [[BBFC]] (mainly to saucy dialogue and the hotel fight sequence between bikini-clad contestants played by Barbara Windsor and Margaret Nolan) enabled the film to gain the more commercially acceptable A [[History of British film certificates|certificate]] (open to families) than the more restrictive AA certificate, barring entry to the under-fourteens.

==Cast==
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*[[Sid James]] as Sidney Fiddler
*[[Barbara Windsor]] as Hope Springs (real name Muriel Bloggs)
*[[Joan Sims]] as Connie Philpotts
*[[Kenneth Connor]] as Mayor Frederick Bumble
*[[Bernard Bresslaw]] as Peter Potter
*[[Peter Butterworth]] as Admiral
*[[June Whitfield]] as Augusta Prodworthy
*[[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] as William
*[[Patsy Rowlands]] as Mildred Bumble
*[[Joan Hickson]] as Mrs Dukes
*[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Police Inspector
*[[Valerie Leon]] as Paula Perkins
*[[Margaret Nolan]] as Dawn Brakes
*[[Angela Grant]] as Miss Bangor
*[[Sally Geeson]] as Debra
*[[Jimmy Logan]] as Cecil Gaybody
*[[Wendy Richard]] as Ida Downes
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as Alderman Pratt
*[[Robin Askwith]] as Larry
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*[[Patricia Franklin]] as Rosemary
*[[Brian Osborne]] as "Half a quid" citizen
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as Fire chief
*[[Marianne Stone]] as Miss Drew
*[[Brenda Cowling]] as Matron
*Zena Clifton as Susan Brooks
*Laraine Humphrys as Eileen Denby
*[[Pauline Peart]] as Gloria Winch
*Caroline Whitaker as Mary Parker
*Barbara Wise as Julia Oates
*Carol Wyler as Maureen Darcy
*Mavis Fyson as Frances Cake
*Billy Cornelius as Constable (uncredited)
*Edward Palmer as Elderly resident (uncredited)
*[[Michael Nightingale]] as City gent (uncredited)
*[[Hugh Futcher]] as "There's Fiddler" citizen (uncredited)
*Elsie Winsor as Cloakroom attendant (uncredited)
*Nick Hobbs as Stunt double (uncredited)
*[[Ron Tarr]] as Bearded man in audience (uncredited)
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==Crew==
*Screenplay – [[Talbot Rothwell]]
*Music – [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
*Production Manager – Roy Goddard
*Art Director – Robert Jones
*Director of Photography – [[Alan Hume]]
*Editor – [[Alfred Roome]]
*Camera Operator – Jimmy Devis
*Assistant Director – Jack Causey
*Sound Recordists – Paul Lemare & Ken Barker
*Continuity – Marjorie Lavelly
*Make-up – Geoffrey Rodway
*Hairdresser – Stella Rivers
*Costume Design – Courtenay Elliott
*Set Dresser – Kenneth MacCallum Tait
*Dubbing Editor – Patrick Foster
*Assistant Editor – Jack Gardner
*Title Sketches – [[Larry (cartoonist)|Larry]]
*Titles – GSE Ltd
*Processor – Rank Film Laboratories
*Producer – [[Peter Rogers]]
*Director – [[Gerald Thomas]]

==Filming and locations==

*Filming dates – 16 April-25 May 1973

'''Interiors''':
* [[Pinewood Studios]], Buckinghamshire

'''Exteriors''':
* Brighton's [[West Pier]]. (The [[Brighton Palace Pier|Palace Pier]] had been used a couple of years earlier in ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'')
* [[Slough Town Hall]], [[Slough]], [[Berkshire]]
* Clarges Hotel, Brighton
* Brighton Beach, Brighton
* Marylebone Railway Station, London

==Notes==
An early version of the script featured [[Kenneth Williams]] in the role of Mayor Bumble which would ultimately be played by [[Kenneth Connor]] in the finished film). Williams was appearing in a West End play, ''[[My Fat Friend]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/ayp/my-fat-friend/production/100v|title=Production of My Fat Friend | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> The role of Cecil Gaybody was written for Charles Hawtrey, however he had been dropped due to his unreliability. It was then offered to Kenneth Williams, who turned it down because of stage commitments.

Valerie Leon's voice for the film was dubbed by co-star June Whitfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_girls/|title=The Whippit Inn : Carry on Girls 1973|website=Thewhippitinn.com|accessdate=25 October 2018}}</ref>

Clarges Hotel would later be owned by actress [[Dora Bryan]] who had appeared in the first ''Carry On'', ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. The hotel was previously used (exterior only) in the 1971 film ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/tours/where-they-lived/city_insights-121|title=Dora Bryan OBE: Blue Plaque unveiled|website=www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk|accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1908630018 }}
*{{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=978-0857682796 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0099490074 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-1906358150 }}
*''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'' by Simon Sheridan (third edition) (2007) (Reynolds & Hearn Books)
*{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |location=London |year=2002 |isbn=978-0713487718 }}
*{{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=978-0563551836 }}
*{{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=978-0600558194 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0715374030 }}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0069848}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|film|carry_on_girls}}
*[http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_girls/''Carry On Girls'' at The Whippit Inn]
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[[Category:Films set in Brighton]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films about beauty pageants]]
[[Category:Films produced by Peter Rogers]]
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