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{{Infobox film
|name=The Pot Carriers
|image=The_Pot_Carriers_(1962_film).jpg
|caption=British quad poster by [[Tom Chantrell]]
|screenplay=T.J Morrison<br>Mike Watts
|music=[[Stanley Black]]
|released={{Film date|df=y|1962|05|18|UK}}
|language=English
|director=[[Peter Graham Scott]]
|producer=Gordon Scott
|cinematography=[[Erwin Hillier]]
|runtime=84 minutes
|starring=[[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]]<br>[[Paul Massie]]<br>[[Carole Lesley]]
}}

'''''The Pot Carriers''''' is a 1962 British [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Peter Graham Scott]] and produced by Gordon Scott for [[Associated British Picture Corporation|ABPC]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Pot Carriers |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150029283 |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b356050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503152139/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b356050|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2019|title=The Pot Carriers (1962)|website=BFI}}</ref> It stars [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]], [[Paul Massie]], [[Carole Lesley]] and [[Dennis Price]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-pot-carriers-v106436/cast-crew|title=The Pot Carriers (1962) - Peter Graham Scott - Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}</ref> The film is largely set in Wandsworth [[prison]] and is a remake of the ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]: The Pot Carriers'' (1960), which writer Mike Watts based on his own prison experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75ab37a3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517123738/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75ab37a3|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2019|title=The Pot Carriers (1960)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref name=radiotimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/j5qvb/the-pot-carriers/|title=The Pot Carriers – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online|website=Radio Times}}</ref> The film centres around a young prisoner called Rainbow as he struggles to adjust to his first stretch behind bars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-pot-carriers-v106436|title=The Pot Carriers (1962) - Peter Graham Scott - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

==Cast==
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* [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] as Red Band
* [[Paul Massie]] as Rainbow
* [[Carole Lesley]] as Wendy
* [[Dennis Price]] as Smooth Tongue
* [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]] as Governor
* [[Davy Kaye]] as Mouse
* [[Eddie Byrne]] as Chief Officer Bailey
* [[Campbell Singer]] as Prison Officer Mott
* [[Alfred Burke]] as Lang
* [[Patrick McAlinney]] as Dillon
* [[Neil McCarthy (actor)|Neil McCarthy]] as Bracket
* [[Vanda Godsell]] as Mrs. Red Band
* [[David Davies (actor, born 1906)|David Davies]] as Prison Officer Tom
* [[David Ensor (actor)|David Ensor]] as Judge
* [[Keith Faulkner]] as young prisoner
* [[Norman Chappell]] as prisoner Robert
* [[Alister Williamson]] as Escorting Prison Officer
* [[Charles Morgan (actor)|Charles Morgan]] as Chief Disciplinary Prison Officer
* [[Martin Wyldeck]] as Prison Officer Mullins
* [[Richard Shaw (actor)|Richard Shaw]] as Prison Officer Willis
* [[Clifford Earl]] as Prison Officer (Kitchen)
* [[Bruce Seton]] as Prison Officer I / C Cell Block
* [[John Tate (actor)|John Tate]] as Prison Officer I / C Visiting Room
* [[Windsor Davies]] as Police Constable
* [[Frank Pettitt]] as van driver
* [[Sidney Vivian]] as bus conductor
* [[Douglas Muir (actor)|Douglas Muir]] as Court Usher
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==Critical reception==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "A nouvelle vague-influenced opening of Paul Massie striding along London streets to a pounding jazzy score (in shakily matched exterior shots) and the sharply observed prison routines and settings, lead one to hope for more than the conventional comedy-drama which emerges. The comedy scenes are brisk, however, and engagingly played by Ronald Fraser and Davy Kaye; uneasily hitched to some superficial social moralising about the degradation of prison life and the difficulty of going straight, they keep the interest and amusement going over the more embarrassing moments of self-sacrifice and home-spun philosophising."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1962 |title=The Pot Carriers |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305821543/DE307E21A6D44804PQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=29 |issue=336 |pages=95 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing "Script and direction take a personable view of prison life, showing the prisoners as individuals. Though the picture is filled with humorous moments, underneath is the continual feeling of the degradation and humiliation the prisoners must endure."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-pot-carriers/review/109486|title=The Pot Carriers - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

[[David McGillivray (screenwriter)|David McGillivray]] in the ''[[Radio Times]]'' also rated the film 3/5 stars, describing it as "Part social drama, part knockabout comedy, this is an odd but entertaining account of British prison life in the 1950s," and concluded that "the depiction of repetitive prison routine (the title refers to the detested practice of '[[slopping out]]') still has an impact."<ref name="radiotimes" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0056364}}
* {{Amg title|106436}}
* [https://www.reelstreets.com/films/pot-carriers-the/ ''The Pot Carriers''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets]
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[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Stanley Black]]

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