CARRY ON EMMANNUELLE (1978, UK, 88m, 15) *½
Comedy
dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Cleves Investments; d. Gerald Thomas; w. Lance Peters; pr. Peter Rogers; ph. Alan Hume (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Eric Rogers; ed. Peter Boita; ad. Jack Shampan.
cast: Kenneth Williams (Emile Prevert), Kenneth Connor (Leyland), Joan Sims (Mrs. Dangle), Jack Douglas (Lyons), Peter Butterworth (Richmond), Suzanne Danielle (Emmannuelle Prevert), Beryl Reid (Mrs. Valentine), Larry Dann (Theodore Valentine), Henry McGee (Harold Hump), Victor Maddern (Man in Launderette), Merlin Ward (Dandy), Dino Shafeek (Immigration Officer), Eric Barker (Ancient General), Joan Benham (Cynical Lady), James Fagan (Concorde Steward), Malcolm Johns (Sentry), Albert Moses (Doctor), Robert Dorning (The Prime Minister), Steve Plytas (Arabian Official), Michael Nightingale (Police Commissioner).
This tired final ‘Carry On’ film from the original run attempts to capitalise on the popularity of low-brow sex comedies such as the ‘Confessions’ films. The stalwart cast perform the most undignified material and deliver a succession of flat double-entendres provided by new writer Lance Peters. Danielle is the horny wife of French Ambassador Williams and makes it her mission to seduce as many men as possible. The result is a series of obvious gags, which scrape the bottom of the smut barrel. Danielle is an alluring physical presence, but it is sad to see series regulars Williams, Connor, Sims, Douglas and Butterworth lowering themselves to the level of the material here. Fourteen years later, the series would be revived for the one-off CARRY ON COLUMBUS.
