Carry on Cabby

Scamming cab company owner Charlie (Sid James) has a gift to appease his under-attended wife Peg (Hattie Jacques), then scampers to brief new drivers, Charles Hawtrey as Pintpot, Milo O’Shea as Len, in the seventh feature in the long-running series Carry On Cabby, 1963.

Peggy (Hattie Jacques), with pal Flo (Esma Cannon) introduces the big gag, in which she’s taken her cab company owner husband’s profits, and hired a crew of dishy girl drivers to compete, (including Amanda Barrie, of Coronation Street, and Carole Shelley) in Carry On Cabby, 1963.

Opening the seventh in the durable British series, under the Anglo-Amalgamated label, Sid James is cabby Charlie, Hattie Jacques his grumpy wife Peg, Kenneth Connor his manager Ted, Bill Owen as grumpy Smily, Liz Fraser as Sally at the lunch counter, in Carry On Cabby, 1963.

Charles Hawtrey on the scooter (not the “Deaf Aids,” per John Lennon) in near-full biker gear, as Pintpot, seeking a job after causing Smily (Bill Owen) to crash, baffling the cab company manager Ted (Kenneth Connor), in the seventh feature in the popular low-budget British series, Carry On Cabby, 1963.