Sid James plays the hotel owner of a town. He wants to bring people to his town and liven it up. He suggests a beauty contest to the town council. The women are against it, but the men vote for it. Joan Sims plays Sid's fiancé and she is always watching his every move. Sid calls his friend in another town(played by Bernard Bresselaw). He wants him to help judge the contest. His girlfriend(played by Valerie Leon) wants to go, but he convinces her to stay home. She is not aware that he is to judge a beauty contest. Barbara Windsor plays a lively character who rides into town on a motorcycle. She has come to enter the contest. I am not really attracted to her body. She does not have the best body in the world. The women try to destroy the contest and the men try to add publicity where ever they can. Valerie Leon decides to visit and finds Bernard kissing another woman. She finds out it was nothing. Valerie has a scene in her undies and a bikini. She looks great. The women sabotage the contest and Sid makes an exciting escape in a motor cart. He and Barbara leave town on her bike. Good ending to the last of the Carry-On's before they got too risqué.

Except for the absence of Kenneth Williams, I would recommend this film to new fans of the Carry On series, as it is typical of the brand of humor that is a thread of all their films. The seaside resort town of Fircombe needs a boost so Sidney Fiddler (the always good Sid James) comes up with the idea of a beauty contest. This does not sit well with some of the ladies of the town, especially June Whitfield's character Miss Prodworthy (the names are, of course, all intentional). The film basically goes into the contest, with silliness, comic misadventures and double entendres. Not perfect, and not their best, its fun to watch. Except for the aforementioned Mr. Williams and Hattie Jacques, the gang is all here. Enjoy!

This film is good but not the best carry on. The film lacks Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, without Kenny and Charles this film just doesn't seem to work. The only reason this film became a success was because Sid and Bernie where i it. If they where not in this film it could be down to the level of Carry on Behind. Hattie Jacques is also missing from this film. With three of the regulars missing this film doesn't meet usual carry on standard. The action takes place at a run down rain sodden resort somewhere down in the south of England a place called Fircombe. The plot of the film is about a beauty contest that is held to try and liven up the town and bring more tourists in. The beauty contest fails and everything goes to pot. The film ends with Sid and Babs driving off on a motorbike. Joan Sims does not have a massive amount of screen time.Peter Butterworth plays the dirty old man of the town funny but not really him. Robin Askwith ( from Bless this house ) makes his only carry on appearance. This marked 25 years of the series but was not a great fitting tribute to 25 years. Overall the film is satisfactory but not a brilliant film. 7/10

Although this film is not the strongest in the series, it does contain the best gag (in my opinion) of any of the films - a devilish one liner from Councillor Fiddler concerning Fircombe's annual rainfall.Bresslaw is inspired as the cross dressing Peter/Paula Potter in a time of much lower political sensitivity.Harmless postcard humour - enjoy it!