Stars: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Cope, Terry Scott

Director: Gerald Thomas

Summary: A team of less than professional crooks are intent on stealing a huge hoard of birth control pills from Finisham Maternity Hospital.

In this episode of the popular comedy series, a con-man coerces his son into donning a nurse's uniform and sneaking into a hospital in order to steal birth-control pills. This throws the staff, including neurotic surgeon Bernard Cutting (Kenneth Williams) and the strange psychiatrist Dr. F.A. Goode (Charles Hawtrey) into the sort of chaos we've come to expect for the Carry On team.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 2, 2006 8:41 PM

If your funny bone is in need of tickling , this is the prescription you need . Carry On Matron finds the team on top form in Finisham
Maternity Hospital where the kindly Matron ( Hattie Jacques ) ,
panic-stricken surgeon Sir Bernard Cutting ( Kenneth Williams ) and
wacky psychiatrist Dr.F.A.Goode ( Charles Hawtrey ) rule the roost.
It's action stations when Sid Carter ( Sid James ) leads a gang of
incompetent crooks intent on stealing a huge hoard of birth control pills . Joan Sims shines as the ever - expectant mother in this
beloved Carry On favourite directed by Gerald Thomas .

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Hattie Jacques finally got to the play the title role in 1972 when Carry On Matronimmortalised the character she had developed during several previous outings, most notably in Carry On Doctor. And she seized it with gusto. This is no one-dimensional performance, but a very human portrait of a woman doing her best to retain her authority in the face of mounting chaos--a raid planned by Sid James to steal the hospital's supply of contraceptive pills. Certainly, she's obsessed with regular bowel movements--this wouldn't be a Carry Onfilm otherwise--but she remains a majestic figure of dignity with a touch of human warmth. Occasionally, too, a real hint of irony peeks through the slapstick and the innuendo.

Surely scriptwriter Talbot Rothwell had his tongue lodged firmly in his cheek when he gave Barbara Windsor--then married to Ronnie Knight--the line, "I don't fancy being a gangster's moll!" Terry Scott makes a guest appearance and Sid James is at his most conniving and lecherous. Theatre impresario Bill Kenwright has a cameo role and there's an early appearance from Wendy Richard as a prototype Pauline Fowler. But it's the female stalwarts who shine. Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques were truly comic actresses of the highest order. --Piers Ford

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary With Patsy Rowlands And Jacki Piper, Photo Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Film Trivia Notes, Collectors Booklet
Year:	1972
Release Date:	July 7, 2003
Runtime:	85 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 03353
Keywords:	Special, Comedy, General, Carry, Matron, Edition, Wide, Screen
Genre:	Comedy