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Nur englische Sprache, keine Untertitel.
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REGION 2 EUROPE DVD
Run Time: 86 minutes and 86 mins approx
Aspect Ratio: Loving: 16:9 Dick: 4:3 Letterbox
Colour: PAL
Subtitles: NONE
Rating: PG
The 18th century,
with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On team: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the
quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell
jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth
Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick
Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the
Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter ego). Dick has troubles of his
own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor)
is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper (Hattie Jacques).
Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show
of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a
certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious
awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist
jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his
tailor has something going for it.
Setting
a Carry On film in a
marriage bureau has a certain self-serving obviousness, so it's hardly
surprising that Carry On Loving milks
the idea for all it's worth. The Wedded Bliss Agency is of course a pretty
dubious outfit, being run by Sid (James) and Sophie Bliss (Hattie Jacques), who
together are the worst possible example for both marriage and their own
profession: they constantly snipe at each other, they aren't actually married
and their sophisticated computer matching system is in fact a complete fake.
The remainder of the team are mostly cast as hapless clients, with predictable
but often very funny situations arising from the various mismatches engineered
by the agency, such as the inevitable misunderstanding over one client's
interest in modelling.
Yes, the humour is about as subtle as
a flatulent elephant, but you can't help entering into the spirit of the thing.
If there's an outstanding performance it has to be that of Imogen Hassall, who
handles her transformation from round-shouldered frump to well-bred love
goddess with considerable expertise and a genuine sense of fun.