Carry on Jack
Carry On Jack starts with the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Jimmy Thompson) whose last words are that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men, followed by his famous request for a kiss to Hardy (…
Carry on Jack
Carry On Jack starts with the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Jimmy Thompson) whose last words are that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men, followed by his famous request for a kiss to Hardy (Anton Rodgers), upon which he meets his demise. In the main story, Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) has taken 8.5 years (while the regular duration of the course at the naval academy is only 1 year) and still not qualified as midshipman but is promoted by the First Sea Lord (Cecil Parker) as England needs officers. England is at war with Spain. He is to join the frigate HMS Venus at Plymouth. Arriving in Plymouth, Poop-Decker breaks his sword. He then finds the crew all celebrating as they are sailing the next day. He takes a sedan chair (an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind. Sedan chairs were used in the 17th and 18th centuries) with no bottom (so he must run rather than be carried) to get the ship at the docks. The chair is manned by a young man Carrier (Jim Dale) and his father Ancient Carrier (Ian Wilson, respectively) who carry Poop-Decker to the Dirty Dick's Tavern as there was nobody at the ship. Mobbed by women in the tavern as he is holding a gold sovereign aloft (as advised by Dale), he is rescued by serving maid, Sally (Juliet Mills). Sally wants to go to sea to find her shanghaied boyfriend Roger, but landlord Ned (George Woodbridge) has let her down. Sally finds that Poop-Decker has not reported to the ship yet and is unknown to them, so in a room upstairs she knocks him out and takes his midshipman's uniform. Poop-Decker wakes and dons a dress to cover his long johns, and downstairs, along with excreta pit cleaner named Walter Sweetly (Charles Hawtrey), is shanghaied by a press gang run by the Venus' First Officer Lieutenant Jonathan Howett (Donald Houston) and his officer in charge of the crew, Mr Angel (Percy Herbert). A press gang was a group of men who would use intimidation and physical coercion to force people into the military or navy. They come to when at sea on the ship named Venus and are introduced to Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams). Captain Fearless is always seasick and is not involved in the running of the ship, which he had left to Howett. Fearless believes in keeping the crew happy and contended. The current deployment of the ship is for a year. Poop-Decker makes himself known but there is already a Midshipman Poop-Decker aboard - Sally, in disguise. Poop-Decker demands that he be reinstated to his rank and position on the ship, but he has no proof of his identity. Howett wants to make an example of Poop-Decker and gets Fearless to order 36 lashes to Poop-Decker. Poop-Decker is only saved as he had his vest on, and the wool unraveled and got tangled with the whip, making it ineffective. Sally reveals her identity to Poop-Decker after he has been punished, and he decides to let things continue as they are. Sally says that her boyfriend Roger was press ganged by the Spanish, and she is determined to find him. Eventually, Poop-Decker and Sally fall in love with each other. Poop-Decker, as a hopeless seaman, goes on to continually upset Howett by doing the wrong thing. Poop-Deckers climbs into the crow's nest, only to break it, he is asked to sew the mainsail but ends up sewing it to his pants in the process. During cannon practice, Poop-Decker fails to remove the ladle from the cannon in time before the powder is lit, leading to the cannon exploding in their faces. After three months at sea and no action, the crew are very restless, and when they finally see a Spanish ship, the captain has them sail away from it. Howett in particular protests as he believes that the captain is running away from a fight. Howett and Angel hatch a plot, making it look like the ship has been boarded by the enemy during a night raid and using Poop-Decker as an expendable dupe to get the captain leave the ship on his own volition. Poop-Decker, Sweetly and Sally thus help the captain into a boat, and they leave the ship, but while leaving his cabin, the captain gets a splinter in his foot, which later goes gangrenous. When they reach dry land, Captain Fearless reckons that they are in France and they need only to walk a short distance to reach Calais, while they are standing on Spanish soil. Sally and Poop-Decker spot a party of civilians and steal their clothes while they are bathing. Now in charge of the ship, Howett and Angel sail for Cadiz and plan on taking it from Don Luis (Patrick Cargill), the Spanish Governor. They are successful, but their plot is ruined by Poop-Decker's group, who stumble into Cadiz (believing it to be Le Havre) and recapture the Venus. Sailing back to England, they encounter a pirate ship, whose crew seizes the Venus. The captain Patch (Peter Gilmore) turns out to be Sally's lost love Roger, but upon seeing him as a rough, brutal rogue, she no longer wants to have anything to do with him. In order to force her compliance, Patch and Hook (Ed Devereaux) try to make Poop-Decker and Fearless walk the plank, but Poop-Decker manages to escape and cut down a sail which covers the pirates, capturing them. In Cadiz, the former crew of the Venus are taken to be shot but escape with five empty Spanish Men of War to England for prize money and glory. They are within sight of England when they encounter the Venus. While Poop-Decker, Sally and Walter are working below decks on cutting off Fearless' badly infected leg, a fire gets out of control on deck and burns a sail which sets off the Venus' primed cannons, hitting all five Spanish ships and thus once again thwarting Howett's shot at fame and glory. Poop-Decker and his companions end up at the Admiralty as heroes. Fearless is promoted to Admiral and given a desk job. Poop-Decker and Sweetly are given the rank of honorary Captains, with pensions, but Poop-Decker reveals that he is going to leave the service to marry Sally.
Carry on Jack
Adventure,Comedy,Romance
Film Details
Carry On Jack starts with the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Jimmy Thompson) whose last words are that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men, followed by his famous request for a kiss to Hardy (Anton Rodgers), upon which he meets his demise. In the main story, Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) has taken 8.5 years (while the regular duration of the course at the naval academy is only 1 year) and still not qualified as midshipman but is promoted by the First Sea Lord (Cecil Parker) as England needs officers. England is at war with Spain.
He is to join the frigate HMS Venus at Plymouth. Arriving in Plymouth, Poop-Decker breaks his sword. He then finds the crew all celebrating as they are sailing the next day.
He takes a sedan chair (an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind. Sedan chairs were used in the 17th and 18th centuries) with no bottom (so he must run rather than be carried) to get the ship at the docks. The chair is manned by a young man Carrier (Jim Dale) and his father Ancient Carrier (Ian Wilson, respectively) who carry Poop-Decker to the Dirty Dick's Tavern as there was nobody at the ship.
Mobbed by women in the tavern as he is holding a gold sovereign aloft (as advised by Dale), he is rescued by serving maid, Sally (Juliet Mills). Sally wants to go to sea to find her shanghaied boyfriend Roger, but landlord Ned (George Woodbridge) has let her down. Sally finds that Poop-Decker has not reported to the ship yet and is unknown to them, so in a room upstairs she knocks him out and takes his midshipman's uniform.
Poop-Decker wakes and dons a dress to cover his long johns, and downstairs, along with excreta pit cleaner named Walter Sweetly (Charles Hawtrey), is shanghaied by a press gang run by the Venus' First Officer Lieutenant Jonathan Howett (Donald Houston) and his officer in charge of the crew, Mr Angel (Percy Herbert). A press gang was a group of men who would use intimidation and physical coercion to force people into the military or navy. They come to when at sea on the ship named Venus and are introduced to Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams).
Captain Fearless is always seasick and is not involved in the running of the ship, which he had left to Howett. Fearless believes in keeping the crew happy and contended. The current deployment of the ship is for a year.
Poop-Decker makes himself known but there is already a Midshipman Poop-Decker aboard - Sally, in disguise. Poop-Decker demands that he be reinstated to his rank and position on the ship, but he has no proof of his identity. Howett wants to make an example of Poop-Decker and gets Fearless to order 36 lashes to Poop-Decker.
Poop-Decker is only saved as he had his vest on, and the wool unraveled and got tangled with the whip, making it ineffective. Sally reveals her identity to Poop-Decker after he has been punished, and he decides to let things continue as they are. Sally says that her boyfriend Roger was press ganged by the Spanish, and she is determined to find him.
Eventually, Poop-Decker and Sally fall in love with each other. Poop-Decker, as a hopeless seaman, goes on to continually upset Howett by doing the wrong thing. Poop-Deckers climbs into the crow's nest, only to break it, he is asked to sew the mainsail but ends up sewing it to his pants in the process.
During cannon practice, Poop-Decker fails to remove the ladle from the cannon in time before the powder is lit, leading to the cannon exploding in their faces. After three months at sea and no action, the crew are very restless, and when they finally see a Spanish ship, the captain has them sail away from it. Howett in particular protests as he believes that the captain is running away from a fight.
Howett and Angel hatch a plot, making it look like the ship has been boarded by the enemy during a night raid and using Poop-Decker as an expendable dupe to get the captain leave the ship on his own volition. Poop-Decker, Sweetly and Sally thus help the captain into a boat, and they leave the ship, but while leaving his cabin, the captain gets a splinter in his foot, which later goes gangrenous. When they reach dry land, Captain Fearless reckons that they are in France and they need only to walk a short distance to reach Calais, while they are standing on Spanish soil.
Sally and Poop-Decker spot a party of civilians and steal their clothes while they are bathing. Now in charge of the ship, Howett and Angel sail for Cadiz and plan on taking it from Don Luis (Patrick Cargill), the Spanish Governor. They are successful, but their plot is ruined by Poop-Decker's group, who stumble into Cadiz (believing it to be Le Havre) and recapture the Venus.
Sailing back to England, they encounter a pirate ship, whose crew seizes the Venus. The captain Patch (Peter Gilmore) turns out to be Sally's lost love Roger, but upon seeing him as a rough, brutal rogue, she no longer wants to have anything to do with him. In order to force her compliance, Patch and Hook (Ed Devereaux) try to make Poop-Decker and Fearless walk the plank, but Poop-Decker manages to escape and cut down a sail which covers the pirates, capturing them.
In Cadiz, the former crew of the Venus are taken to be shot but escape with five empty Spanish Men of War to England for prize money and glory. They are within sight of England when they encounter the Venus. While Poop-Decker, Sally and Walter are working below decks on cutting off Fearless' badly infected leg, a fire gets out of control on deck and burns a sail which sets off the Venus' primed cannons, hitting all five Spanish ships and thus once again thwarting Howett's shot at fame and glory.
Poop-Decker and his companions end up at the Admiralty as heroes. Fearless is promoted to Admiral and given a desk job. Poop-Decker and Sweetly are given the rank of honorary Captains, with pensions, but Poop-Decker reveals that he is going to leave the service to marry Sally..