1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Crew

4. Filming and locations

5. Release

6. See also

7. References

8. Bibliography

9. External links

Carry On Cabby is the seventh in the series of Carry On films to be made. Released on 7 November 1963,^[2] it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first screenplay "Tolly" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as Carry On Jack) from a story by Dick Hills and Sid Green (script writers for Morecambe and Wise). Regulars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are all present. Liz Fraser makes her third appearance (although her next Carry On was more than a decade later) and Esma Cannon makes her fourth and final appearance. This was the first film in the series to feature Carry On regular Jim Dale, and the first not to feature Kenneth Williams in the cast.

Carry On Cabby was originally planned as a non-Carry On film, called Call Me A Cab (after a stage play) but midway through it became part of the Carry On series.

Plot

Charlie Hawkins (Sid James) is the workaholic owner of thriving taxi company Speedee Taxis, but his wife Peggy (Hattie Jacques) feels neglected by him. When Charlie misses their fifteenth wedding anniversary, because he is out cabbing, she decides to punish him. Telling Charlie that she is going to 'get a job', she establishes a rival company, GlamCabs. The cars are brand new Ford Cortina Mk1s and driven by attractive girls in provocative uniforms. Flo, the wife of one of Charlie's drivers, is appointed to the post of office manager.

Charlie continues to coach his mainly inept (and often ex-army) drivers, including accident-prone Terry "Pintpot" Tankard (Charles Hawtrey), whilst Peggy refuses to tell Charlie what her new job is. Charlie feigns a lack of interest, but he is dying to know. As Charlie unsuccessfully struggles to cope with his wife's absences, and realises just what she had to endure, Peggy's company becomes a thriving success due to the large number of male taxi passengers preferring to ogle her sexy drivers during journeys. Speedee rapidly starts losing money and faces bankruptcy. Peggy feels terrible for what she has done. Charlie and his drivers attempt to sabotage the rival company, but they are chased off.

In desperation, Charlie suggests a merger with his rivals, but is furious to discover who the real owner is and storms off.

A month later, Peggy is living at the office and Charlie has turned to drink, allowing his company to collapse around him. Peggy and Sally are hijacked by bank robbers. Peggy manages to use the taxi radio to subtly reveal their situation and location. Charlie intercepts the broadcast and rallies the other Speedee drivers in pursuit. The robbers are cornered and captured.

Peggy and Charlie are reconciled, especially over the fact that she is expecting a baby.

Cast

• Sid James as Charlie Hawkins
• Hattie Jacques as Peggy Hawkins
• Charles Hawtrey as Terry "Pintpot" Tankard
• Kenneth Connor as Ted Watson
• Esma Cannon as Flo Sims
• Liz Fraser as Sally
• Bill Owen as Smiley Sims
• Milo O'Shea as Len
• Jim Dale as Expectant father
• Judith Furse as Battleaxe
• Renée Houston as Molly
• Ambrosine Phillpotts as Aristocratic lady
• Amanda Barrie as Anthea
• Carole Shelley as Dumb driver
• Cyril Chamberlain as Sarge
• Norman Chappell as Allbright
• Peter Gilmore as Dancy
• Michael Ward as Man in tweeds
• Noel Dyson as District nurse
• Michael Nightingale as Businessman
• Ian Wilson as Clerk
• Peter Byrne as Bridegroom
• Darryl Kavann as Punchy
• Peter Jesson as Car salesman
• Don McCorkindale as Tubby
• Charles Stanley as Geoff
• Marion Collins as Bride
• Frank Forsyth as Chauffeur
• Norman Mitchell as Bespectacled businessman (uncredited)
• Marian Horton as Glamcab driver (uncredited)
• Valerie Van Ost as Glamcab driver (uncredited)

Crew

• Screenplay – Talbot Rothwell
• Idea – SC Green & RM Hills
• Music – Eric Rogers
• Associate Producer – Frank Bevis
• Art Director – Jack Stephens
• Editor – Archie Ludski
• Director of Photography – Alan Hume
• Camera Operator – Godfrey Godar
• Unit Manager – Donald Toms
• Assistant Director – Peter Bolton
• Sound Editor – Arthur Ridout
• Sound Recordists – Bill Daniels & Gordon K McCallum
• Hairdressing – Biddy Chrystal
• Make-up Artists – Geoffrey Rodway & Jim Hydes
• Continuity – Penny Daniels
• Costume Designer – Joan Ellacott
• Producer – Peter Rogers
• Director – Gerald Thomas

Filming and locations

• Filming dates: 25 March – 7 May 1963

Interiors:

• Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire

Exteriors:

• The streets of Windsor

Railway connected film locations are always of interest and the sequence where 'Pintpot' is driving a cab (PEG 1) round and round a roundabout was filmed at the junction of Goswell Road and Arthur Road with the railway arches of Windsor & Eton Central station visible in the background. This area has changed considerably with the building of King Edward Court and Ward Royal. Some filming was also undertaken in the street (Farm Yard) opposite Windsor and Eton Riverside station.

The filming of Carry On Cabby is portrayed in the BBC drama Hattie, a dramatisation of the life of Hattie Jacques.

Release

First screened to the trade (cinema distributors) on 22 August 1963, the film went on general release across the UK later the same year on 7 November.^[3]

See also

• Taxi! – contemporary TV series with Sid James in a similar role to Carry On Cabby

References

Bibliography

• {{Cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908630-01-8 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Titan Books |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85768-279-6 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-949007-4 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-15-0 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |location=London |year=1998 |origyear=1996 |isbn=0-7134-8439-X |ref=harv }}
• {{Cite book |last1=Bright|first1=Morris | last2=Ross |first2=Robert |title=Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers |publisher=BBC Books |location=London |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-563-55183-6 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Rigelsford |first=Adrian |title=Carry On Laughing – a celebration |publisher=Virgin |location=London |year=1996 |isbn=1-85227-554-5 |ref=harv }}
• {{Cite book |last=Hibbin |first=Sally & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4 }}
• {{Cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-7153-7403-0 }}

External links

• {{IMDb title|0056912}}
• {{British Comedy Guide|film|carry_on_cabby|Carry On Cabby}}
• Carry On Cabby at The Whippit Inn

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