Carry On Constable (1960, UK)

One of the earlier films in the Carry On series, and even in 1960 the film was intentionally portraying a vanished, mannered, era and it doesn't quite come off as top notch entertainment.

The story follows some bungling, inexperienced policemen whose enthusiasm exceeds their judgment. Discovering that there has been a spate of shoplifting in the ladies' clothing department of a local store, two of them (Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams) realise the only course is to go undercover and observe.

They change in the ladies' room ...

Hawtrey: "You know, I haven't done this since I was in the Army. At a camp concert."

They realise they will need to choose names:

Williams: "Call me Ethel; it was my grandma's name."

Hawtrey (in an absolutely typical Hawtrey manner) : "If Grandmama could see you now, she'd be so proud."

HF January 2003

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