Carry On Matron - 1972
Director
Gerald Thomas
Writer
Talbot Rothwell screenplay
Producer
Peter Rogers
Cast
Sid James - Sid Carter (as Sidney James)
Kenneth Williams - Sir Bernard Cutting
Charles Hawtrey - Dr. Francis A. Goode
Joan Sims - Mrs. Tidey
Hattie Jacques - Matron
Bernard Bresslaw - Ernie Bragg
Kenneth Connor - Mr. Tidey
Kenneth Cope - Cyril Carter
Terry Scott - Dr. Prodd
Barbara Windsor - Nurse Susan Ball
Jacki Piper - Sister
Patsy Rowlands - Evelyn Banks
Amelia Bayntun - Mrs. Jenkins
Brian Osborne - Ambulance Driver
Valerie Shute - Miss Smethurst
Michael Nightingale - Pearson
Review by Theo Robertson
Carry On Matron (1972)
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Running On Empty,
CARRY ON MATRON was released in 1972 and it's becoming clear that the series has reached a natural end with the best entries like CLEO , UP THE KYBER and SCREAMING being from the mid to late 60s
In itself MATRON is by no means bad it's just that we've seen it all before with a thin plot ( A bunch of spivs trying to break into a hospital to steal a supply of contraceptive pills which they plan to sell to third world countries ) surrounded by gags of a slightly amusing though unsophisticated nature . I think that's where the problem lies - The gags aren't all that amusing with the unsophisticated nature starting to show its age . Did we need another movie that uses a man dressed up as a woman in order to drive the plot ? Perhaps the worst criticism I can make is that I saw CARRY ON MATRON this afternoon , less that twelve hours ago and I have a problem in trying to remember a very funny line . That's a serious problem for a comedy
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