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09/11/1973 Comedy 1h 28m
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When it comes to Beauty Queens - It's 'Carry On' and Bust!

Overview

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

  1. Talbot Rothwell

    Writer

  2. Gerald Thomas

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Sidney James

    Councillor Sid Fiddler

  2. Barbara Windsor

    Hope Springs

  3. Joan Sims

    Connie Philpotts

  4. Kenneth Connor

    Mayor Frederick Bumble

  5. Bernard Bresslaw

    Peter Potter

  6. June Whitfield

    Councillor Augusta Prodworthy

  7. Peter Butterworth

    Admiral

  8. Jack Douglas

    William

  9. Patsy Rowlands

    Mildred Bumble

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-02-10
The team have feminists in their sights.

The seaside resort of Fircombe is struggling to attract the tourists, so Sid Fiddler (Sid James) proposes a beauty contest to draw some much needed punters into the town. Getting the inept Mayor (Kenneth Connor) to agree was easy enough, but opposition comes in the form of Augusta Prodworthy (June Whitfield) and her league of feminists.

Lurid, smutty and just about average in the pantheon of the Carry On series. No Kenneth Williams for this one, but a point of interest is that Robin Askwith appears for the only time. Askwith ironically would becom...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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