Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)

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This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »

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17 September 2009 | hitchcockthelegend
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| Carry On team go political and ostracise their fans?
I like this entry in the series, I really do. Many others however find it a dud and feel that it should be flushed down one of the toilets that feature at W.C. Boggs' factory in the film. Blending the obvious toilet gags with a tale about unionised shop floors, the Carry On team have actually crafted one of the franchise's less mucky pictures. Sid James, so long the bastion of sexually driven lechery in Carry On folklore, has a very restrained role in this one, and this to me somewhat explains to an extent why "Convenience" is often shunned by the series fans.

Elsewhere it's the subplots away from the factory that put the smile on my face. Charles Hawtrey is indulging in strip poker with shop steward, Vic Spanner's mother!. While James' Sid Plummer is getting horse racing winners from his budgie!, all under the watchful eye of his apparently scatty wife Beattie (a terrific Hattie Jacques). Sexy eye candy for us blokes comes in the form of Jacki Piper, and the film finale on the Brighton seaside is drunken buffoonery to at least raise a giggle or two. Not the best Carry On by a long shot - that could have been predicted by Sid and Hattie's budgie, but certainly not one of the worst either. 6.5/10

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Trivia

In 2020, the UK's itv4, one of the tv channels operated by itv, itself the outright owner of the Rank Organisation period of the "Carry On" films, was showing a 12:9 cropped version of the film. Considering the ITV Archive would likely now contain the original Rank wide-screen film version, the legacy Rank/Carlton/Granada Media cropped Home Video versions, and possibly their defunct ITV regional broadcasters copies, its likely that just the wrong ratio version was delivered for broadcast.

Quotes

Girl: Excuse me but they sent me from the exchange. I'm the new canteen girl. Can you tell me where I go?
Vic Spanner: Oh Yes. I was just going in myself, I'll show you where it is. Yes, we've got a lovely pair of canteens here and a nice load of people.

Goofs

When Lewis and Myrtle are in the cinema, Spanner can be clearly seen sitting behind them holding his silver motorcycle helmet in his lap. But then the film cuts to him shuffling along the row, with Bernie, going to their seats. When the film cuts back to Lewis and Myrtle, Spanner can be seen in the same position as before.

Alternate Versions

The original cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove cruder dialogue lines including "All the time it's prick, prick, prick" (followed by "so the girls say"), "I hope the other arm is doing as well", and "Something important has come up"(followed by "Won't it keep"). The latter line has been restored to video/DVD releases though other cuts may no longer survive.

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Genres

Comedy

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Release Date:

10 December 1971

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

Odeon Cinema, High St. Uxbridge, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP190,000 (estimated)

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