Carry on Cowboy
Dir: Gerald Thomas
1965
***
Carry on Cowboy, the 11th Carry On film of the franchise, is certainly one of the best looking of the films. It was of course filmed in Pinewood studios as all the Carry On films were but you'd be forgiven for thinking it was filmed in one of the big Hollywood lots. The cast also rise to the occasion, playing spoof versions of classic Western characters brilliantly. You can see that Sid James relished the chance to play the The Rumpo Kid, a wild man bringing nothing but trouble to the little town of Stodge City. The opening scene whereby Sid James and three extras recreate the classic shootout scene of many a Western is brilliant. The Rumpo Kid wanders over to the three horsemen and shoots each one before either had a chance to draw and as the dust settles he asks openly "I wonder what they wanted?". Carry On Cowboy is interestingly the first Carry On film to feature both Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw, is the first of four Carry On films that Angela Douglas made and features a cameo appearance of one time Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee.