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Carry On Matron

Carry On Matron

Comedy · 1972

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

Movie details

Carry On Matron

“The Carry On team serve up another 'prescription' of hilarious comedy!!!”

1972 Comedy 1h 27m

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6.1 / 10

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A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gerald Thomas

Written by

Talbot Rothwell

Sidney James

Sidney James

Sid Carter

Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Sir Bernard Cutting

Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey

Dr. Francis A. Goode

Joan Sims

Joan Sims

Mrs. Tidey

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Matron

Bernard Bresslaw

Bernard Bresslaw

Ernie Bragg

Kenneth Cope

Kenneth Cope

Cyril Carter

Court is in session

Put Carry On Matron on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.