Carry On series on screen and stage
Filmography

Carry On series on screen and stage

Section Title: Filmography
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Title	Year	Screenplay	Music	Distributor	Production costs	Notes

Carry On Sergeant	1958	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£74,000	Carry On Sergeant was based on the novel The Bull Boys by R. F.

Carry On Nurse	1959	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£71,000	Carry On Nurse was based on the play Ring For Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beal, and was the first film of the series to star Joan Sims.

Carry On Teacher	1959	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£78,000	Carry On Teacher starred the popular radio comedian Ted Ray, who was cast because of his success on radio during World War II and later.

Carry On Constable	1960	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£82,000	The first of the series to star Sid James, who appeared in a part originally written for Ted Ray, Carry On Constable initially had additional writing material supplied by John Antrobus and Brock Williams, but both efforts were omitted from the final script.

Carry On Regardless	1961	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£100,000	Carry On Regardless was the first film of the series not to follow a plot; it consisted instead of a series of situational sketches.

Carry On Cruising	1962	Norman Hudis	Bruce Montgomery	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£140,000	Screenwriter Michael Pertwee completed two scripts entitled Carry On Flying and Carry On Smoking – with the latter being based on life within a fire station.

Carry On Cabby	1963	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£149,986	Carry On Cabby marked a return to the black and white format and was the first film in the series to star Jim Dale.

Carry On Jack	1963	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£152,000	The second Carry On film to be shot in colour, Carry On Jack was originally intended to be a separate film from the series, and had the pre-production title of "Up the Armada".

Carry On Spying	1964	Talbot Rothwell; Sid Colin	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£148,000	Carry On Spying was the last film of the series to be made in black-and-white, and was the first to star Barbara Windsor.

Carry On Cleo	1964	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£194,323	"It is the most sumptuous of all the ten Carry On comedies. Not the funniest but still very funny in parts and a far bigger laugh than the more ambitious efforts of the Taylor-Burton-Harrison team" was the Daily Mail's response to Carry On Cleo on its general release in November 1964.

Carry On Cowboy	1965	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£195,000	Carry On Cowboy was the first film of the series to star Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. The film also featured a cameo by the series's composer Eric Rogers as the band leader in the saloon bar.

Carry On Screaming!	1966	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors	£197,500	Sid James, who was recovering from a heart attack, was replaced by Harry H. Corbett in the lead role.

Don't Lose Your Head	1966	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£200,000	In 1966, Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd appointed Nat Cohen as its new managing director. Cohen disliked the Carry On series intensely, forcing Peter Rogers to strike a deal with Rank Organisation instead.

Follow That Camel	1967	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£288,366	Based loosely on the P.C. Wren adventure novel Beau Geste, Peter Rogers decided to cast Phil Silvers in place of Sid James who had suffered another minor heart attack a few months before production began.

Carry On Doctor	1967	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£214,000	Carry On Doctor was the first medical theme–based Carry On film for eight years, and was the first of two Carry On films to star the comedian Frankie Howerd.

Carry On... Up the Khyber	1968	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£260,000	Filmed on location in Snowdonia, North Wales, Carry On...Up the Khyber was the only film of the series to venture out of England for filming.

Carry On Camping	1969	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£208,354	Carry On Camping scored a number one at the box office for 1969 and became infamous for the sequence in which Barbara Windsor's bra flew off during early morning exercises.

Carry On Again Doctor	1969	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£219,000	Carry On Again Doctor was the last consecutive film to star Jim Dale. Dale insisted on performing all his own stunts for the film and broke his arm as a result.

Carry On Up the Jungle	1970	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£210,000	Carry On Up the Jungle had the pre-production title of "Carry On Tarzan" but was changed as the name "Tarzan" was owned by the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Carry On Loving	1970	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£215,000	Talbot Rothwell wrote a script called "Carry On Courting" but it was re-titled by Rogers to Carry On Loving. Loving was one of the cheapest films of the series to make but grossed one of the biggest profits at the box-office.

Carry On Henry	1971	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£223,000	Carry On Henry's pre-production title was "Anne of a Thousand Lays" – and was as the title suggested; a parody of the Richard Burton film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).

Carry On at Your Convenience	1971	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£220,000	Carry On at Your Convenience was known as Carry On Round the Bend outside the United Kingdom and was the first box-office loss of the series.

Carry On Matron	1972	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£224,995	Carry On Matron was the last medical-based film of the series. Norman Hudis was initially asked back to produce a script for what would be the 23rd Carry On film of the series.

Carry On Abroad	1972	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£225,000	Filming for Carry On Abroad began on 17 April 1972 and was the last Carry On to star Charles Hawtrey. Filmed entirely in England, Abroad was completed within a month and was released in December 1972.

Carry On Girls	1973	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£205,962	Carry On Girls had a six-week shooting schedule which started on 16 April 1973 on location in Brighton. Gerald Thomas was eager to cast Kenneth Williams, but Williams turned the role down owing to theatre commitments.

Carry On Dick	1974	Talbot Rothwell	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£245,000	In 1974 Talbot Rothwell was unsure about renewing his contract with Peter Rogers forcing Rogers to enlist the writers Lawrie Wyman and George Evans to produce a script instead.

Carry On Behind	1975	Dave Freeman	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£217,000	Talbot Rothwell was busy with other writing commitments when approached by Rogers for another holiday-based Carry On, so Dave Freeman was enlisted to complete the screenplay for what would become the 27th film in the series.

Carry On England	1976	David Pursall; Jack Seddon	Max Harris	Rank Organisation	£250,000	Carry On England was originally intended as a television episode for the 1975 Carry On Laughing series the previous year, but the writers David Pursell and Jack Seddon, were asked to adapt their script – "The Busting of Balsy" – into a film instead.

That's Carry On!	1977	Tony Church	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation	£30,000	Compilation film presented by Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor. That's Carry On!

Carry On Emmannuelle	1978	Lance Peters	Eric Rogers	Rank Organisation and Hemdale Film Corporation	£320,000	With Rank having pulled out of the series altogether the previous year, Peter Rogers was approached by the private investment company Cleves Investments, which invested £349,000 on the new production.

Carry On Columbus	1992	Dave Freeman; John Antrobus	John Du Prez	Island World	£2,500,000	Devised and produced by John Goldstone, Columbus was the most expensive Carry On of the series. It had financial backing from Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and began filming in April 1992.

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The Carry On series were scored by different composers: Bruce Montgomery from 1958–62; Eric Rogers (1963–75, 1977–78) and Max Harris who scored the 1976 film, Carry On England.

final_sentence: The Carry On series were scored by different composers: Bruce Montgomery from 1958–62; Eric Rogers (1963–75, 1977–78) and Max Harris who scored the 1976 film, Carry On England.