Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...
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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
The acting in this movie is really good.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Borrowing more from the classic George Arliss film Doctor Syn than from the legendary British outlaw Dick Turpin, Carry On Dick has Sid James as Turpin who disguises his himself as the outwardly pious, but randy parson in the English countryside. His exploits in his trade and conquests of womanhood have made him a legend and the government of George III was to put a stop to him.So who else would you send than Kenneth Williams together with his trusty aide Jack Douglas out to catch him. But James is a wily old fox of an outlaw and who could conceive of the local man of God being the head of outlaws. Naturally Williams looks for local allies and who better than the local parson James to help in his quest for the notorious outlaw.As we well know the 16th and 17th centuries in Great Britain were one bawdy age the Carry On troupe is certainly bawdy enough to match it. Joan Sims is a riot as the head of a group of struggling French actresses stranded in that part of the world. Great Britain and France were not getting along particularly well at the time, but Sims and her girls speak a universal language to those who listen.This was Sid James's farewell big screen appearance, the cap of a grand career that started in British music hall. The Carry On films tried to Carry On after he died, but it was definitely no go, they certainly didn't Carry on.James is the center of this film as well it should be.
I love the Carry On movies, and while I as I've said I do agree this is not one of their best, it is the last entertaining Carry On film. The story is thin and there are a lot of innuendos and some of them are very smutty. But with the costumes and sets and such as good as they are, the film looks really good, and the music is quirky and energetic. The script is funny and well delivered on the whole, while the film is well paced. Carry on Dick is probably chiefly memorable for being Sidney James's last Carry On. He is very good as Turpin/Reverend Flasher, if occasionally overdoing it with his trademark laugh. He is well supported by Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jaques, but Barbara Windsor gives one of her best performances and even Jack Douglas is good. In conclusion, entertaining I think, and on a side note it wasn't the same when Talbot Rothwell left and James died, the writing became crass and most of the entries then were woeful I felt. 7/10 for Carry on Dick. Bethany Cox
I have seen this film many times, I consider it to be the weakest of the better Carry on's, reasons being - Spoilers ahead, Sid James looks far to old for the role,Barbara Windsor showing her top half off again just is not funny any more and the film gets to smutty at times instead of the usual innuendo so evident in the earlier films (although it is not as bad as some of the last carry on's). In short okay but could have been much better 5 out of 10
Rather routine, non-stop inuendos but really quite innocent. Like many comedies a bit too carried away with the plot. I think the team were past their best. Barbara Windsor and Sid James strangely subdued. Kenneth Williams works hard but to no avail.