
Date Night
2010

They're here again in Carry on Taxi
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!

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!
Sidney JamesCharlie Hawkins
Hattie JacquesPeg Hawkins
Kenneth ConnorTed Watson
Charles HawtreyTerry "Pintpot" Tankard
Esma CannonFlo Sims
Liz FraserSally
Bill Owen"Smiley" Sims
Milo O'SheaLen
Judith FurseBattleaxe Rider
Ambrosine PhillpottsAristocratic Lady
Renée HoustonMolly
Jim DaleJeremy
Amanda BarrieAnthea
Carole ShelleyGloria
Cyril ChamberlainSarge
Peter GilmoreDancy
Michael WardMan in Tweeds
Noel DysonDistrict Nurse
Michael NightingaleBusinessmanThis 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.

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