Stars: Sid James, Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Leslie Phillips

Director: Gerald Thomas

Summary: Sergeant Wilkins and his less than useless constables cause more chaos in this traditional 'Carry On'.

Sidney James (in his first Carry On role) heads up the cast in this wacky take on law and order. This sorry lot of boys in blue can't seem to get anything right. CARRY ON CONSTABLE also features Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, and Shirley Eaton.

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Made in 1960, Carry On Constableis one of the earliest Carry Oncomic romps, arriving before they'd carved out their bawdy niche in British cinema. In fact, this Gerald-Thomas-directed effort isn't dissimilar to most of the mainstream Brit-com of its era. A flu epidemic has forced a police station to take on a brace of callow recruits: Kenneth Connor, a superstitious bag of nerves; Leslie Phillips, playing his usual rapscallion self; the ludicrously effete Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. The "plot" is a sequence of thoroughly creaky gags at the expense of this bumbling quartet. The staple characters hadn't settled into their "classic" personae yet. Here, Sid James is an exasperated sergeant, not the sort of crinkly rogue he played in later years, Kenneth Williams is dry, detached and supercilious, while Hattie Jacques is no matron but a sympathetic sergeant, whose every walk-on is not yet accompanied by the portly strains of tubas and bassoons. The comedy here is, frankly, dismal--banana skins are slipped upon and officers' legs urinated upon bydogs, all to a rueful soundtrack of wah-wah trumpets. The main appeal of this movie is as a period slice of damp, pre-Beatles London in glorious black and white.

On the DVD:Although picture and sound are adequate (though poorly dubbed in places), there are no extras at all, a shame for the hardcore Carry Onaficionados to whom this release would surely, perhaps exclusively, appeal. --David Stubbs

Aspect Ratio:	1.66 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1959
Release Date:	August 27, 2001
Runtime:	83 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 038033
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Carry, Constable, Wide, Screen
Genre:	Comedy