Carry On at Your Convenience

Trivia: Even though Kenneth Williams plays Richard O'Callaghan's father in the movie, he was only 14 years older than O'Callaghan.

Trivia: When the new canteen girl arrives at W.C. Boggs and Son and asks Vic Spanner where she has to go, Vic says, "We've got a lovely pair of canteens here." Kenneth Cope ad-libbed this line.

Trivia: When Vic is getting beaten up by Lewis on the Ghost Train at Brighton Pier, compare the sound to that of him getting smacked by his mother outside W.C. Boggs and Sons towards the end of the movie. It's the same sound effect.

Trivia: Outside the United Kingdom, this film was known as Carry On Round the Bend.

Trivia: This was the first Carry On film to be a box-office failure and only broke even in 1978 after distribution rights and television deals.

Trivia: Before production began, Bernard Bresslaw told producer Peter Rogers that he could ride a motorcycle. Unfortunately this came apart during filming as one scene involving him bringing the bike to a standstill and Kenneth Cope hopping off took almost 20 takes to complete.

Trivia: A boardroom debate scene where Terry Scott portrayed union boss Mr Allcock was filmed but was deleted due to time constraints. Since then the footage has long been destroyed and only stills remain. Scott was paid a sum of £500 for his one day's work.

Factual error: About ten minutes into the film, in the scene where there is a staff meeting deciding whether they should strike, the junior assistant talks about how much tea breaks cost the company each week. He says something along the lines of 'each member of staff has 18 toilet visits a day due to drinking tea. At four minutes a time this contributes to 72 minutes each day lost. This means we lose 15 hours a week due to visits to the toilet'. Even if the staff worked seven days a week, this would only amount to 8.4 hours lost.

More mistakes in Carry On at Your Convenience

Sid: How about some food?
Beattie: Well I could make you some beans on toast or something?
Sid: No, nothing too elaborate, thank you.

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