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Carry On at Your Convenience (Original title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 10 December 1971 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Gerald Thomas

Synopsis: Comedy about the troubles at the factory of W. C. Boggs, which has a proud tradition of making toiletware. When trouble-making union rep Vic Spanner clashes with young Lewis Boggs, Spanner calls the workers out on strike. The strikers return to work for one day, which is the works outing, and they go to Brighton for the day.

Genres:
Drama, Comedy

Subjects:
Lavatories, Trade unions, Industrial action, Management
Releases
Date: 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8100 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (31)
©: Rank Film Distributors, [Production Company]: Peter Rogers Productions, G.T. Productions Limited, Produced by: Peter Rogers, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, Assistant Director: David Bracknell, Continuity: Rita Davidson, Screenplay by: Talbot Rothwell, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: James Bawden, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Lionel Couch, Assistant Art Director: William Alexander, Set Dresser: Peter Howitt, Costume Designer: Courtenay Elliott, [Wardrobe]: Vi Murray, [Wardrobe]: Maggie Lewin, [Wardrobe]: Vi Murray, Maggie Lewin, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Hairdresser: Stella Rivers, Titles by: General Screen Enterprises, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: Eric Rogers, Sound Recordist: Danny Daniel, Ken Barker, Dubbing Editor: Brian Holland, [Publicity]: Bill Batchelor, Catherine O'Brien, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (29)
Sidney James (Sid Plummer), Kenneth Williams (W.C. Boggs), Charles Hawtrey (Charles Coote), Joan Sims (Chloë Moore), Hattie Jacques (Beattie Plummer), Bernard Bresslaw (Bernie Hulke), Kenneth Cope (Vic Spanner), Patsy Rowlands (Miss Hortense Withering), Jacki Piper (Myrtle Plummer), Richard O'Callaghan (Lewis Boggs), Bill Maynard (Fred Moore), Davy Kaye (Benny), Renee Houston (Agatha Spanner), Marianne Stone (Maud), Margaret Nolan (Popsy), Geoffrey Hughes (Willie), Hugh Futcher (Ernie), Simon Cain (barman), Leon Greene (chef), Harry Towb (doctor), Peter Burton (hotel manager), Larry Martyn (rifle range man), Shirley Stelfox (bunny waitress), Philip Stone ([Mr Bulstrode]), Julian Holloway ([Roger]), Amelia Bayntun ([neigbour]), Bill Pertwee ([roadhouse manager]), Jan Rossini ([hoopla girl]), Terry Scott ([Mr Allcock])