Writer: Talbot Rothwell
Composer: Eric Rogers
Starring: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Bullworth, Jimmy Logan, June Whitfield, Hattie Jacques, Derek Francis, Sally Geeson
More info: IMDb
Tagline: The holiday of a Laugh-time!
Plot: A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
Most of these CARRY ON pictures seem to suffer from the same things - the pacing, lack of quality jokes and a lack of a quantity of jokes. They made them so quickly that it's no wonder this happened. All of them were directed by the same guy and the cat that wrote this one wrote most (if not all) of them. Hell, they made at least one a year for over a decade. That said, there are a couple of decent laughs in this one. Sexual innuendo is all over the place but it's rarely funny enough to illicit an audible chuckle. What makes these watchable for me is the absolutely wonderful cast. If you've seen any of these then you'll recognize most of these folks. There's not a dud in the bunch and they're all very adept at bringing the funny. This one takes place at a European beach (possibly Spain) and if you don't like this one then you can spend time with the gang in the jungle, hospital, military, ancient Rome or one of the gazillions of other situations these funny actors find themselves in...unfortunately they don't find themselves in really funny pictures. For any of you wondering, hottie Barbara Windsor gets naked. There's your excuse to dial this one in.
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