Publican Vic Flange is looking forward to a holiday in the Spanish resort of Elsbels with customer Sadie Tomkins; that is until another customer starts talking about it in front of Mrs. Flange... when she insists on going too it is inevitable Vic won't be getting the holiday he'd hoped for. We are introduced to the other holidaymakers as they board the coach to the airport; they include Evelyn Blunt and her henpecked husband Stanley, tour leader Stuart Farquhar, a group of monks and dipsomaniac Eustace Tuttle. When they get to Spain it becomes apparent that their brand new resort hotel is so new they haven't finished building it nor is it fully staffed. The rooms aren't good either with shared bathrooms and wardrobes with no backs which enabled people to see into the next room. Inevitably everybody complains and things don't improve the next day when the 'glorious sunshine' turns into pouring rain.
Watching this I have to wonder whether it was sponsored by the English Tourist board as it doesn't make an overseas holiday seem an attractive proposition! Being fairly late in the Carry On series there is inevitably plenty of less than subtle innuendo and some mild nudity (a glimpse of Barbara Windsor's bare backside); thankfully though it isn't too bad and there are plenty of laughs to be had from the silliness of the situations. It was great seeing most of the core Carry On team putting in enjoyable performances. I was not at all surprised to learn that none of it was filmed overseas; as the holiday makers sunbathe the lighting is that of a grey English day and we don't even see the sea... odd given that they are meant to be on the beach; perhaps the budget didn't stretch to a visit to Southend! Overall I'd say this isn't a bad Carry On film but it is far from a classic.
Watching this I have to wonder whether it was sponsored by the English Tourist board as it doesn't make an overseas holiday seem an attractive proposition! Being fairly late in the Carry On series there is inevitably plenty of less than subtle innuendo and some mild nudity (a glimpse of Barbara Windsor's bare backside); thankfully though it isn't too bad and there are plenty of laughs to be had from the silliness of the situations. It was great seeing most of the core Carry On team putting in enjoyable performances. I was not at all surprised to learn that none of it was filmed overseas; as the holiday makers sunbathe the lighting is that of a grey English day and we don't even see the sea... odd given that they are meant to be on the beach; perhaps the budget didn't stretch to a visit to Southend! Overall I'd say this isn't a bad Carry On film but it is far from a classic.