Carry On Regardless (1961)

Very best movie i ever watch

Truly Dreadful Film

Excellent, a Must See

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Another fine, early, memorable entry in the Carry On series. This one has a very loose story indeed, one that barely provides continuity between a series of sketches that mostly veer towards the very funny. Most of the regulars find themselves employed in Sid James' odd job agency, taking on all manner of work, with the inevitable mix-ups and crossed wires along the way.The ratio of funny to unfunny sketches is very high. Off the top of my head, the following are all highlights: Kenneth Connor trying to keep quiet in the library, Charles Hawtrey having a stab at boxing, Kenneth Williams walking a chimp, and of course the ending in the derelict house which is slapstick at its very Laurel and Hardy-style best.Stanley Unwin's gobbledegook-speaking character makes for some memorable interludes and the actors are at the top of their game, with everybody getting plenty of screen time aside from Hattie Jacques, who appears in a cameo (she was ill during filming). Liz Fraser, a Barbara Windsor prototype, also proves very good in a straight-type role, while Joan Sims gets a chance to let her hair down at a wine-tasting session. Watch out for the delightful Esma Cannon as the dotty receptionist, Fenella Fielding and real-life wrestler Joe Robinson as boxer 'Dynamite Dan'. This one's a treat!

This outing sees the Carry On team working in a temping agency called Helping Hands which is run by Sid James; there isn't a plot to speak of they just go out to a series of jobs which leads each of them in to amusing situations; Kenneth Williams has to take a chimpanzee for a walk, Joan Sims gets rather drunk at a wine tasting, Liz Frazer ends up modelling underwear for a man who is actually wanting them to give to his wife and Charles Hawtrey has to be a second at a boxing match but ends up in the ring himself! There are plenty of other jobs they are sent to and when it seems they have exhausted the idea of sending them on jobs they are qualified for an accident at the office means everybody gets sent to jobs they are not qualified for.I don't think this is one of the best known in the series but it had more laughs than I had expected; the regulars perform well in their roles although that isn't too surprising as they usually play similar characters. Stanley Unwin who played the difficult to understand landlord makes a fun guest appearance; it is difficult to describe how he talks; it sounds like English but the way he twists the works makes it delightfully difficult to understand. If you enjoyed other early Carry On films I'm sure you will enjoy this; there are plenty of laughs and it isn't too rude for youngsters to watch.

"Carry On Regardless" was the fifth "Carry On" film to made.It does not have a basic plot, but is full of sketches about an agency called "Helping Hands", that consists of people who are sent to help out in homes or at functions etc.The fact that the film has no basic plot might make it confusing for some people, but having a series of sketches is a nice change, and this film contains some memorable ones, including Kenneth Williams taking a chimpanzee for a walk, Joan Sims getting drunk at a wine tasting, Charles Hawtrey winning a boxing match, Kenneth Connor in a "The 39 Steps" parody and Sid James getting up-close to the nurses at a hospital. Other treats include a home equipment demonstration and the gang demolishing a house.10 out 10!

Despite their being much decried at the time of their release, the Carry on Films are, and will become even more so with time, an integral part of English Comedy Culture. Most of the protagonists of these films are as of today, dead, and nothing as side-splitting has unfortunately come to replace them. They are films you can watch over and over again, when you are feeling down in the mouth, even when you know the stories. In France, the equivalent is called ' L'Equipe du Splendide " who made films of the "Les Bronzés" series during the seventies, but their output was far less prolific and the protagonists are still alive today as far as I know. As for the carry-ons, there are so many of them, that one is never short of a good laugh, and today, there is none of the good light hearted humour of those fifties and sixties. Unfortunately, the late twentieth century plague called "political correctness" has seen to that and what a shame it is too ! Carry on regardless is one of the funniest carry-ons, unfortunately in Black and White, but with the added attraction of Stanley Unwin speaking "gobbledygook" (charabia) and this had me reeling in fits of laughter. Mind you, I'd already seen Stanley several times on English TV years ago but I can't remember in what context. Anyway, carry on watching ..............they're nearly all now available on DVD for about £10 or 15 € !!!