Carry On England

"It's the biggest bang of the war"

"This is one of these new mixed batteries"

"So that's what the Brigadier meant when he said that this battery was an experiment"

"Experiment, Sir? They do not need to experiment. They gets at it right away and all the time".

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Running Time - 89m	Colour		Certificate - AA
Budget - Ł250,000		UK Release - October 1976
Shot - 3 May 1976 - 4 June 1976

Foreign Titles
Germany - Saviour of the Nation	Finland - Lets Go England
Italy - Mixed Barracks

The Stars
	Kenneth Connor Windsor Davies Judy Geeson Patrick Mower Jack Douglas Joan Sims Melvyn Hayes Peter Butterworth Diane Langton Julian Holloway Peter Jones David Lodge Larry Dann Brian Osborne Johnny Briggs Patricia Franklin Linda Hooks	Cpt S Melly Sgt-Maj Bloomer Sgt Willing Sgt Able Bombardier Ready Pvt. Sharp Gunner Shorthouse Major Carstairs Private Easy Major Butcher Brigardier Cpt Bull Gunner Sure Gunner Owen Cpt Melly's Driver Crpl Cook Army Nurse

The Crew
Producer Director Screenplay Music Cinematographer Editor	Peter Rogers Gerald Thomas Talbot Rothwell Max Harris Ernest Steward BSc Richard Marden

Synopsis

Back to where we started in 1958 with Sergeant but the subject content couldn’t be more different. Captain S Melly is sent to a new type of mixed barracks to whip the men (and unusually in this barracks, the women) into shape. As the previous Commander found out, the recruits aren’t very keen on discipline or anyone disturbing their extra-curricular nightly activities, but when Melly attempts this they fight back.

This is a Carry On in name only. Not only is it sorely missing its major stars and the theatrics that Williams, James and Hawtrey brought to previous films, it is just not funny. Windsor Davies reprises his role from It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and the comic skills of Patrick Mower are non-existent. Kenneth Connor is miscast in the role of S Melly playing an anti-hero that is not really his forte and this showed in the poor box office takings and is way way below average. This one is the start of the end.