"Bert Handy" (Sid James) opens his new "Helping Hands" venture with a view to providing skilled employees to employers looking for a variety of qualified workers. Well? Kenneth Connor ("Twist"); "Dimple" (Charles Hawtrey); "Courtenay" (Kenneth Williams) and "Weston" (Bill Owen) are amongst his talent pool so along with "Lily" (Joan Sims) you can easily guess just what kind of mayhem is going to ensue as this bunch of no-hopers try to turn their hands to the simplest of tasks with the most ridiculous of results. There is less emphasis on the dialogue here, more on a series of slapstick-style stunts that work to varying effect. Esma Cannon always made me smile - just by being there - and there are plenty of other household names involved to keep the pace flowing along well enough. It's far too long, though - the idea is fun, but it gets stretched out beyond the point where the joke stands up and I just didn't really like Connor's one-gear style of comedy. Still, it's playing to the usual stereotypes in a gentle and un-abrasive fashion that does what it says on the tin.
Review of Carry on Regardless
