Carry On Cabby (1963)

Directed by

Gerald Thomas

Genre

comedy film, parody film, slapstick, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A husband and wife run rival taxi companies after a disagreement. The wife starts her own all-female cab service to compete with her husband's old-fashioned business. Their competition leads to funny situations and a chance to fix their marriage.

lightheartedplayfullivelygoofysillycomicspiritedcheeky

What happens

Carry On Cabby is a 1963 British comedy film, the seventh in the series of thirty-one Carry On films (1958–1992). Released on 7 November 1963, it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first screenplay "Tolly" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as Carry On Jack) from a story by Dick Hills and Sid Green (script writers for Morecambe and Wise). Regulars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are all present. Liz Fraser makes her third appearance (and last for more than a decade) and both Bill Owen and Esma Cannon make their final (and in both cases, fourth) appearances. This was the first film in the series to feature Carry On regular Jim Dale, and the first not to feature Kenneth Williams in the cast. Williams turned down the role of Allbright due to what he considered an inferior script. The part was scaled down, and given to Norman Chappell. Carry On Cabby was originally planned as a non-Carry On film, called Call Me A Cab (after a stage play) but midway through development it became part of the Carry On series. The film is notable from others in the series for its dramatic plotline of a troubled marriage. The film was followed by Carry On Jack (1964). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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