Carry On Loving

PLOT

Various events involve a dating agency run by Sid Bliss (Sid James) and his longtime girlfriend Sophie Plummett (Hattie Jacques). Their "Wedded Bliss" agency purports to bring together lonely hearts using computer-matching technology, but couples are actually paired up by Sophie. Bliss consistently avoids marrying Sophie, enthusiastically pursuing Esme Crowfoot (Joan Sims), a seamstress and client who consistently rejects his advances.

Percival Snooper (Kenneth Williams) becomes a client to find a wife for business reasons: as a confirmed bachelor, he is inept at his job as a marriage counsellor due to lack of personal experience. James Bedsop (Charles Hawtrey) is a private detective whom Sophie hires to spy on Sid's after-hours activities when he supposedly "vets" the female clients, including Esme.

Timid Bertram Muffet (Richard O'Callaghan) winds up with model Sally Martin (Jacki Piper) after the agency muddles his directions to a blind date. Client Terry Philpott (Terry Scott) suffers several failures in his dealings with the agency including a disastrous meeting with prim, sheltered Jenny Grubb (Imogen Hassall). Jenny moves in with Sally, undergoes a makeover, and becomes a model. Terry later finds romance with the "new" Jenny.

Percival's association with Sophie provokes his jealous housekeeper, dowdy Miss Dempsey (Patsy Rowlands), to reveal her seductive side. Esme's estranged lover, volatile wrestler Gripper Burke (Bernard Bresslaw), returns to cause havoc over an instance of mistaken identity.

Peter Butterworth appears in a one-minute cameo as a Bluebeard-esque character jokingly referred to as Dr. Crippen. He approaches Sid Bliss to find his third wife. His first wife died eating poisoned mushrooms, the second suffered a fractured skull because she "wouldn't eat the mushrooms".

CAST

Sid James as Sidney Bliss

Kenneth Williams as Percival Snooper

Charles Hawtrey as James Bedsop

Hattie Jacques as Sophie Bliss

Joan Sims as Esme Crowfoot

Bernard Bresslaw as Gripper Burke

Terry Scott as Terry Philpott

Jacki Piper as Sally Martin

Richard O'Callaghan as Bertrum Muffet

Imogen Hassall as Jenny Grubb

Patsy Rowlands as Miss Dempsey

Peter Butterworth as Sinister client

Bill Pertwee as Barman

Joan Hickson as Mrs Grubb

Julian Holloway as Adrian

Janet Mahoney as Gay

Ann Way as Victoria Grubb

Bill Maynard as Mr Dreery

Amelia Bayntun as Corset lady

Mike Grady and Valerie Shute as The Lovers

Anthony Sagar as Hospital Patient

Kenny Lynch as Bus Conductor

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

the 20th release in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992).

newcomers Richard O'Callaghan (in his first Carry On) and Imogen Hassall (in her only Carry On role).