Matcollis
This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Paul Evans
This is a wonderful early movie from the Carry.on series, it's easy to see why for many this is seen as one of the best. It boasts a pretty good script, a classic tale of men against women. Zero smut, something that would become far more prevalent in later titles, instead it relies on a battle of the sexes story, wonderfully kooky characters and gentle whimsical laughs. Hattie Jacques was a firm favourite of mine throughout the years, and this is without a doubt her finest moment, she is glorious and plays beautifully off Sid James, they share some sweet moments too. Big laughs from the diminutive duo of Charles Hawtrey and ESMA Canon, Kenneth Conor's female taxi driver is hilarious. I'd say this is quite a feel good film.
vancleef1980
Cabby is generally regarded as one of the best of the series and it was to be said it is a very good film. Hattie Jacques has probably her finest part and her and Sid James always made a good team. That said even though this was Talbot Rothwell's first Carry on script and there are some bawdy lines and very funny situations it still has that Norman Hudis feel to it. Now i was never a fan of the Hudis Carry on's i feel they were no different to any other harmless stiff upper lip British comedy film's that were being made at the time despite their somewhat high reputation. This was a decent warm up for Rothwell and after a couple of silly follow ups Jack and Spying he really hit home with the hilarious and brilliant Cleo (the first great Carry on film). Cabby is harmless fun with great support from Hawtrey and Connor, but much better was to come.
w22nuschler
Carry on Cabby was one of the best films in the series when I viewed it the first time. Watching it again confirms that it is really good. Sid James plays the owner of a cab company. He is obsessed with his work and he ignores his wife played by Hattie Jacques. Kenneth Conner plays the mechanic for the cab company. Charles Hawtrey play a reckless person who is hired to drive a cab. He scares Sid out of his mind when he takes him on a trial drive. Liz Fraser returns from her first outing in Carry on Cruising. She plays the girlfriend of Kenneth. She works in the café and is a friend of Hattie's. One of my favorites, Jim Dale makes his first appearance. He flags down Sid'd cab to take his wife to the hospital. They are expecting a baby. Sid arrives home late for a date and his wife decides she's had enough. She decides to start her own female cab company. She hires women that are very attractive and they take a lot of males away from Sid'd business. He finally finds out she is behind it. Hattie and Liz are kidnapped in their cab by crooks. She is able to let Sid know where they are. All of the cabs and the police track them down. It turns out Hattie is going to have a child and all is forgiven. Amanda Barrie has a small role as one of the female cab drivers. She is absolutely gorgeous. She would go on to play Cleo in Carry on Cleo. She was perfect for that role.
Karl Hughes
One of my favourite Carry Ons, despite not being one of the funniest, possibly because this is Hattie Jacques' largest role. Hattie brings a believable element of pathos to the film, something not normally associated with the Carry Ons.This was the first Carry On that Eric Rogers led the production of the musical score. He was the composer for most of the colour Carry On films, and his music (bells, whistles and kettle drums) became an invaluable asset.For some reason I just love the line when Charles Hawtrey is introducing himself. 'My friends call me Pint Pot' he says. 'Are you sure it's "pint" pot?' asks Kenneth Connor.