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Carry On Cabby

Carry On Cabby

  • Status: Released
  • 01-06-1963
  • Runtime: 91 min
  • Score: 6.5
  • Vote count: 63

Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and start pinching all the fares. The rivals are Glamcabs, and they have a secret weapon. All their drivers are very attractive women! Who's behind Glamcabs? It's open warfare and only one fleet can survive!

Sid James

Charlie Hawkins

Hattie Jacques

Peggy Hawkins

Kenneth Connor

Ted Watson

Charles Hawtrey

Terry 'Pintpot' Tankard

Esma Cannon

Flo Sims

Liz Fraser

Sally

Bill Owen

Smiley Sims

Milo O’Shea

Len

Judith Furse

Battleaxe

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Aristocratic Lady

Renée Houston

Molly

Jim Dale

Expectant Father

Carole Shelley

Glamcab Driver

Amanda Barrie

Anthea

Valerie Van Ost

Glamcab Driver

Penelope Lee

Female Kisser

Peter Byrne

Groom

Bernice Swanson

Glamcab Driver (uncredited)

Heather Downham

Glamcab Driver

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This is another of my favourite "Carry On" films. Poor old "Charlie" (Sid James) has built up a successful business with his wife "Peggy" (Hattie Jacques) but his dedication to cabbing is causing him to neglect her and she is getting narked. When the boys threaten to walk out if he uses "Flo" (Esma Cannon) as a driver, the last straw breaks the camel's back and she decides to start her own company - using only woman drivers. Needless to say, this is a roaring success and "Charlie" suddenly finds his fares drying up and he must find a solution... Although a few of the regulars still feature here, this is essentially an enjoyable duel between the two and it's fun. I always had a soft spot for the Una O'Connor/Mildred Natwick style of characters and Cannon fills that role nicely here as the story ebbs and flows before it culminates in a co-ordinated taxi chase and a niftyile exercised motorised pincer movement. It takes a swipe at sexism and the daft excesses of trade unionism, whilst reminding us that there is more to life than running a successful enterprise.