It's not as hilarious as the best films in the series but it's still extremely funny. Replacing the contractually tied up Ted Ray as Sgt. Wilkins, Sid James makes a very impressive debut in his first of 19 Carry On films. In this instance, he plays the put upon straight man to Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Leslie Phillips (making his last "Carry On" appearance until "Carry On Columbus" in 1992) very well. Of the four films that I have seen, Carry On Teacher has the best plot but this is not far behind. This is basically an improved upon remake of "Carry On Sergeant".As ever, Williams and Hawtrey are the best with the former once again playing a supercilious incompetent to perfection. Their scene in drag is one of the funniest in the film. Phillips gets up to wackier antics than in either "Carry On Nurse" or "Carry On Teacher" and excels given the opportunity. The film also sees the welcome return to the series of Eric Barker, Shirley Eaton, Terence Longdon and Joan Hickson, all of whom were absent from one or both of the previous two films. I have never liked Miss Marple but I'm growing to like Joan Hickson! However, it was a little disappointing that Hattie Jacques and Joan Sims were sidelined slightly after having some of the best material in "Carry On Teacher".

I've recently been working my way through these earlier, black-and-white CARRY ONS, finding them a breath of fresh air after the stale sauciness of the later entries. CARRY ON CONSTABLE, while proving less imaginative and well-made than some of the other entries made around the same time (such as NURSE and REGARDLESS) is still a fun little film.Sid James joins the series as a likable sergeant forever at the mercy of his stuffy superior (a wonderfully straight-laced Eric Barker). After a flu epidemic, he takes on five new recruits (Williams, Connor, Hawtrey, Phillips and Sims) who soon get into all manner of pratfalls. The cast are good, even if the jokes aren't (most of them are over obvious, such as the bit with the out-of-control police dog). Even the predictable ending lacks bite when compared to the genuine thrills that concluded the later CARRY ON CABBY.There's more of an emphasis on sweet romance here than crude gags, which is a pleasure. Williams plays the smug one, Hawtrey is accident prone and scene-stealing, as ever, while Sims plays it relatively straight and Phillips chases skirt wherever he can (Shirley Eaton memorably pops up out of the bathtub in one scene). Connor is unfortunately saddled with a superstitious character who ends up more irritating than amusing. There are better CARRY ON films out there, but compared to the ones being made a decade later this is pure class.

This was the first Carry On movie I ever saw and that was by accident. My father took me (10 years old) and my brother (4 years old) with him. He was wanting to see a Danny Kaye movie. It was probably during the summer otherwise I wouldn't have been going to a picture show at night, especially in the middle of the week when the program changed. What I remembered most clearly the shower scene. When the movie hit television, part of that scene was cut out (three guesses, first two don't count, as to which part).It was shown as a double feature with "Please Turn Over". What _was_ my father thinking??? It was both of those movies that started my love affair with British comedies. Though I never again saw any of the Carry On movies in a theater, I did see most of the '50s-early '60s installments on television. Sometimes I wonder what I missed since TV at that time (1960s) wouldn't have shown certain things (such as that "au natural" part of the shower scene).The Carry On movies haven't been shown in the U.S. in several years. :(

This is another one of those Carry On films that is not as good as many of the others, but then again, I did fall asleep somewhere. As far as I saw, it is a situation (police) comedy with silly naughty moments of confusion and complications. It is mainly just all the cops of the film going about their patrols, and they are getting into trouble. Starring Sid James as Sergeant Frank Wilkins, Eric Barker as Inspector Mills, Kenneth Connor as P.C. Charlie Constable, Charles Hawtrey as P.C. Timothy Gorse, Kenneth Williams as P.C. Stanley Benson, Leslie Phillips as P.C. Tom Potter, Joan Sims as W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy, Hattie Jacques as Sergeant Laura Moon and Goldfinger's Shirley Eaton as Sally Barry, but where's Barbara Windsor? I wouldn't say I'd love to see this again, but I should to decide if it's as good as any of the others I've seen. Carry On films were number 39 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Worth watching!