Carry on Cabby

1963

Adventure / Comedy / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 3347 3.3K

london, england taxi driver carry on black and white british farce business rivalry

Plot summary

Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and start pinching all the fares. The rivals are Glamcabs, and they have a secret weapon. All their drivers are very attractive women! Who's behind Glamcabs? It's open warfare and only one fleet can survive!

Director

Gerald Thomas Photo
Gerald Thomas

Top cast

Carole Shelley Photo
Carole Shelley as Dumb Driver
Milo O'Shea Photo
Milo O'Shea as Len
Jim Dale Photo
Jim Dale as Jeremy - Expectant Father
Norman Chappell Photo
Norman Chappell as Allbright
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843.67 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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844.79 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.53 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds ...
1.53 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

This is another of my favourite "Carry On

This is another of my favourite "Carry On" films. Poor old "Charlie" (Sid James) has built up a successful business with his wife "Peggy" (Hattie Jacques) but his dedication to cabbing is causing him to neglect her and she is getting narked. When the boys threaten to walk out if he uses "Flo" (Esma Cannon) as a driver, the last straw breaks the camel's back and she decides to start her own company - using only woman drivers. Needless to say, this is a roaring success and "Charlie" suddenly finds his fares drying up and he must find a solution... Although a few of the regulars still feature here, this is essentially an enjoyable duel between the two and it's fun. I always had a soft spot for the Una O'Connor/Mildred Natwick style of characters and Cannon fills that role nicely here as the story ebbs and flows before it culminates in a co-ordinated taxi chase and a niftyile exercised motorised pincer movement. It takes a swipe at sexism and the daft excesses of trade unionism, whilst reminding us that there is more to life than running a successful enterprise.
Reviewed by Hayden-86055 7 / 10

Funny characters with a decent plot

Carry on Cabby is quite good, there are definite strengths to the production. It's nice to see Sid James and Hattie Jacques as a wife and husband and we get Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser and Charles Hawtrey but no Kenneth Williams this time round which was a shame but still had a strong cast.The plot's about the women setting up a rival cabby group to the men, it's got a cool girl power message and it's one of the only Carry on films that has a definite start, middle and end instead of just sketch type things. I feel like it could have had some funnier moments but it was strong.7/10: Good
Reviewed by Cinema_Fan 7 / 10

Intelligent Movie with Funny Moments that Work Well!

Filmed during the early 1960's and in Black and White too, this is a movie that highlights the early struggle between the sexes, the sexes that are the Husband and Wife relationship of the Hawkins. With the wonderful Hattie Jakes as the repressed and neglected wife of the taxi firm owner, Sid James.Before the Carry On phenomenon took hold during the seventies, (this little classic coming from the writing combinations of Sidney Green and Richard Hills, the screenplay, of course, is by Talbot Rothwell). Carry On Cabby shows itself to be very funny and at the same time an intelligent movie that had not yet found its niche that had made them so ever popular.Cabby, with its own unique style for an early effort, we are shown a more serious social topic, and in between the gags that come rolling in, which never fail to amuse, we have the very funny Charles Hawtrey as the comic relief, fantastic all the way. With the cast of great British talent as Kenneth Connor, Liz Frazer and his Carry On debut, Jim Dale. What Cabby does not have, yet, is the late Kenneth Williams.Carry On Cabby with its issues of sex discrimination and a battle of the sexes that occurs when the women take a stand against the ignorance and proud male dominance is done in a way that will have you in a pleasant and fond appreciation of how British movies of this elk were made, in a fine and inoffensive manner that was only meant to do what it does best, entertain, delight and without fail, make you laugh.Hail a Cab, Hail a Carry On Cab. Timeless Classic, one of the best.
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