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Carry On Girls (Original title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 13 January 1974 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Gerald Thomas

Synopsis: Sidney Fiddler gets the go-ahead from his fellow councillors to hold a beauty contest that will bring visitors to the seaside resort of Fircombe. The contest ends up in chaos when a women's liberation action group disrupts it.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Beauty contests, Womens Liberation Front, Seaside towns
Releases
Date: 1973Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7921 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (26)
©: Rank Film Distributors, [Production Company]: G.T. Productions Limited, Produced by: Peter Rogers, Production Manager: Roy Goddard, Assistant Director: Jack Causey, Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly, Screenplay by: Talbot Rothwell, Director of Photography: Alan Hume, Camera Operator: Jimmy Devis, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Robert Jones, Set Dresser: Kenneth McCallum Tait, Costume Designer: Courtenay Elliott, Wardrobe Mistress: Vi Murray, Maggie Lewin, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Hairdresser: Stella Rivers, Title Sketches: Larry, Titles: General Screen Enterprises, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music Composed/Conducted by: Eric Rogers, Sound Recordist: Paul Lemare, Ken Barker, Dubbing Editor: Patrick Foster, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (31)
Sidney James (Sidney Fiddler), Barbara Windsor (Hope Springs), Joan Sims (Connie Philpotts), Kenneth Connor (Frederick Bumble), Bernard Bresslaw (Peter Potter), June Whitfield (Augusta Prodworthy), Peter Butterworth (Admiral), Jack Douglas (William), Patsy Rowlands (Mildred Bumble), Joan Hickson (Mrs Dukes), David Lodge (police inspector), Valerie Leon (Paula Perkins), Margaret Nolan (Dawn Brakes), Sally Geeson (Debra), Angela Grant (Miss Bangor), Wendy Richard (Ida Downs), Arnold Ridley (Councillor Pratt), Robin Askwith (Larry), Patricia Franklin (Rosemary), Brian Osborne (citizen), Bill Pertwee (fire brigade chief), Marianne Stone (Miss Drew), Brenda Cowling (matron), Zena Clifton (Susan Brooks), Mavise Fyson (Francis Cake), Laraine Humphreys (Eileen Denby), Pauline Peart (Gloria Winch), Caroline Whitaker (Mary Parker), Barbara Wise (Julie Oates), Carol Wyler (Maureen Darcy), Jimmy Logan (Cecil Gaybody)