CAMPING, CARRY ON
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CAMPION, GERALD
Role: Andy Galloway in Sergeant
Born in London in 1921, at the age of fifteen Campion trained at RADA before working for BBC radio and acting on the stage in shows such as French Without Tears and Goodbye Mr Chips.
He was posted to Kenya during World War Two, serving as an RAF wireless operator, after which he returned to England and, due to lack of acting work, opened a club, The Buckstone.
In 1952 he was offered the title role in the BBC series Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, which ran for ten years and brought him widespread recognition. He went on to appear in, among others, Doctor Who, Minder, Sherlock Holmes and The Kenny Everett Show and accrued a number of film credits including School for Scoundrels, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Half A Sixpence.
CARRY ON CABBY
An Anglo Amalgamated film
A Peter Rogers production
Distributed by the Rank Organisation
Based on an original idea by S.C. Green and R.M. Hills
Released as a U certificate in 1963 in black & white
Running time: 91 mins
CAST
| Sidney James | Charlie Hawkins |
| Hattie Jacques | Peggy Hawkins |
| Charles Hawtrey | Terry ‘Pintpot’ Tankard |
| Kenneth Connor | Ted Watson |
| Esma Cannon | Flo Sims |
| Liz Fraser | Sally |
| Bill Owen | Smiley |
| Milo O’Shea | Len |
| Jim Dale | Expectant Father |
| Judith Furse | Battleaxe |
| Renée Houston | Molly |
| Ambrosine Phillpotts | Aristocratic Lady |
| Amanda Barrie | Anthea |
| Carole Shelley | Dumb Driver |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Sarge |
| Norman Chappell | Allbright |
| Peter Gilmore | Dancy |
| Michael Ward | Man in Tweeds |
| Noel Dyson | District Nurse |
| Norman Mitchell | Bespectacled Business Man |
| Michael Nightingale | Business Man |
| Ian Wilson | Clerk |
| Peter Byrne | Bridegroom |
| Darryl Kavann | Punchy |
| Don McCorkindale | Tubby |
| Charles Stanley | Geoff |
| Marion Collins | Bride |
| Peter Jesson | Car Salesman |
| Frank Forsyth | Chauffeur |
| Marian Horton | |
| Valerie Van Ost | Glamcab Drivers |
| (Uncredited Glamcab drivers: Elizabeth Kent, Dominique Don, Carole Cole, Anabella MacCartney, Audrey Wilson, Beverly Bennett, Heather Downham, Jean Hamilton, Christine Rodgers, Sally Ann Shaw and Maris Tant.) |
PRODUCTION TEAM
Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell
Music composed and conducted by Eric Rogers
Associate Producer: Frank Bevis
Art Director: Jack Stephens
Editor: Archie Ludski
Director of Photography: Alan Hume BSC
Camera Operator: Godfrey Godar
Unit Manager: Donald Toms
Assistant Director: Peter Bolton
Sound Editor: Arthur Ridout
Sound Recordists: Bill Daniels and Gordon K. McCallum
Hairdressing: Biddy Chrystal
Make-up Artists: Geoffrey Rodway and Jim Hydes
Continuity: Penny Daniels
Costume Designer: Joan Ellacott
The Producers acknowledged the assistance of The London General Cab Co. Ltd and The Ford Motor Company Limited in the making of the film.
Producer: Peter Rogers
Director: Gerald Thomas
Charlie Hawkins has his work cut out training his new drivers
Flo (Esma Cannon) is prevented from earning a few extra pennies by Allbright (Norman Chappell)
Charlie Hawkins is the proud owner of Speedee Taxis, dedicating so much time to his work that his relationship with his wife, Peggy, who feels neglected and unloved, suffers. The final straw comes when Charlie, who’d forgotten their wedding anniversary until reminded by his wife, fails to arrive home in time to take her out for a meal. A last-minute cabbing job had turned into a nightmare, ferrying an expectant woman and her husband back and forth to the hospital.
Feeling increasingly depressed, coupled with the knowledge that her dream of starting a family and settling into a quiet country-cottage lifestyle seems increasingly remote, Peggy decides it’s time for revenge. Speedee Taxis have been unhindered by competition in the district since the company was established, so she forms a rival taxi firm and gives her uncaring husband a run for his money. After buying a fleet of new Ford Cortinas and employing a team of leggy lovelies to drive them, Glamcabs opens for business, without Charlie knowing that the driving force behind his competitor is none other than his own wife. Before long, the company is the most popular taxi firm in town, hitting Charlie Hawkins where it hurts the most – in his pocket. Customers, particularly men, opt for Glamcabs every time: new motors and attractive drivers have much more pulling power than crusty old men driving antiquated wrecks.
Charlie reaches for the bottle as business hits rock bottom; attempts to sabotage his rival’s vehicles and to pinch their business by intercepting their radio messages fail. Unable to muster any more ideas to see off Glamcabs, Charlie realises there is no option but to reluctantly meet Mrs Glam and discuss a merger, but nothing prepares him for the shock when he discovers that Mrs Glam is none other than his wife.
It looks as if irreparable damage has been done to the Hawkins’s marriage, but when Peggy and her closest friend, Sally, run into trouble, it’s Charlie who comes to the rescue. While the girls are heading for the bank with their takings, two crooks jump in their Glamcab and force them at gunpoint to drive out of town; with their lives in peril, Charlie coordinates a bold rescue using his fleet of taxis. After eventually catching the criminals and freeing his beloved, Charlie receives further good news when he hears he’s going to be a father.
Flo (Esma Cannon) and Peggy (Hattie Jacques) consult (Cabby)
His screen work was also combined with a fruitful career as a hotelier, restaurateur and club owner. He retired eleven years before his death in 2002, aged eighty-one.
CAMPLING, DAVID
Dubbing Editor on Doctor
Working in films as a sound editor from the mid-1960s, David Campling’s credits include films such as The Magnificent Two,